Saffron Cookies

 

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

  • About

Chirinee Keshmeshee (raisin sweets, usually with saffron) are one of the best selling biscuits that we import – they are very light melt-in-the-mouth-oh-alright-then-I’ll-just-have-one-more type of cookies. Try as I might, I have been unable to recreate exactly the same product here. Shortcomings of this sort are usually ascribable to fats and oils used, or the water – the words bad, workman and tools spring to mind – but I have devised this recipe as a fair approximation of the down