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Kaab El ghazal (Gazelle Horns)

Yields40 ServingsPrep Time2 hrsCook Time10 minsTotal Time2 hrs 10 mins

These croissant-shaped cookies are known as Gazelle Horns that are filled with a sweet almond-orange blossom filling and are topped with crushed almonds. They are popular all over North Africa in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.

Dough:
 3 cups flour
 1 cup butter at room temperature
 5 tablespoons sugar
 1 egg
 1 tablespoon vanilla
 50 ml warm water or blossom water
 salt, sprinkle
Filling:
 6.5 oz (180 g) almonds (peeled, roasted and ground)
 1.7 oz (50 g) fine sugar
 2 tablespoons orange blossom water
Garnish:
 Crushed almonds
Dough:
1

Sift the flour with the salt, then add the soft butter and stir the mixture well to combine the butter with the flour.

2

Add the egg and sugar and mix well.

3

Add warm water or blossom water.

4

Knead the dough for about 5 minutes.

5

Let it rest for 15 minutes before forming.

Filling:
6

Mix all filling ingredients together.

Forming Kaab El Ghazal:
7

Sprinkle some flour on the working area. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a circle such as a pizza.

8

With the pizza cutter or the dessert cutter, divide the dough circle into triangles just like a pizza.

9

Place approximately 1 teaspoon of almond filling on the wide end of the triangle and roll like croissant.

10

Arrange Kaab El ghazal on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or sprinkled with flour.

11

Brush with the egg mixture (egg and a little of milk) and decorate with crushed almonds.

12

Heat the oven to 350 F (175 C).

13

Bake on the middle rack until barely golden.

14

Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool before storing in a plastic container.

Note: Avoid over baking, as this will harden the pastry.

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