Saffroned Rice Flour Cookies with a Walnut + Cardamom Filling

Name: Saffroned Rice Flour Cookies with a Walnut + Cardamom Filling (Shirini-e Shekam Por)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes 20 cookies
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 2 cups/250 g walnuts; 2 cups/260 g powdered sugar; 1 cup/225 g butter or 1 cup/240 ml oil; 1 egg yolk; 1 cup/240 ml boiling water or milk; 1 cup/130 g powdered sugar; ½ teaspoon ground saffron threads; ¼ cup/60 ml rose water; 1 tablespoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 10 egg yolks; ½ cup/60 g unbleached all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon ground saffron threads dissolved in 2 tablespoons rose water; 4½ to 5½ cups/675 to 825 g rice flour

Shirini-e Shekam Por

Preparation info

Makes
20
cookies

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

Ingredients

Dough

4½ to 5½ cups/675 to 825 g rice flour
½ cup/60

Asia
Iran
Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

For the dough: In a mixing bowl, whisk together 4½ cups/675g of the rice flour and ½ cup/60g of all-purpose flour with the boiling water until you have a grainy paste, then set aside.
In a food processor, mix the sugar and butter until creamy. With the machine still running, add the saffron-rose water, vanilla, and the egg yolks (one at a time, allowing