Sesame Candy (Semsemiyeh)

Learn about the most famous traditional Arabic sweets (Semsemiyeh), made of sesame, honey, sugar, ginger, and cinnamon in an easy way and amazing taste.

 3 cups sesame seeds
 1 cup honey
 1 cup white sugar
 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
 1 tsp cinnamon
 1 tsp salt

1

Prepare two butter papers and a rolling pin. Put them aside.

2

In a large skillet, roast the sesame seeds until golden. Be careful to stir the sesame seeds constantly because it burns quickly. Put the roasted sesame seeds aside.

3

In the same pan, put honey, sugar, ginger, cinnamon and salt and stir constantly over medium heat until boiling.

4

Let the mixture boil for two minutes with constant stirring, then turn off the heat.

5

Quickly add the roasted sesame seeds over the sugar mixture and mix.

6

Put the mixture on a butter paper, then cover it with another buter paper.

7

Roll out sesame seeds with a rolling pin to get a medium thick dough.

8

Remove the top butter paper and cut the sesame seeds as you like.

9

Let the sesame seeds cool, then serve.