Kashani Window Cookies

Name: Kashani Window Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: ½ cup all-purp., unbleached flour; ½ cup rice flour; 5 eggs; ½ cup all-purp., unbleached flour; 4 tablespoons rose water; 4 cups oil for frying; ½ cup cornstarch; ½ cup milk; ½ cup unsalted ground pistachios for decoration; 1 cup confectioners’ sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom

Preparation info

Makes
30
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

About

Ingredients

Batter

5 eggs
½ cup all-purp., unbleached flour
½

Asia
Iran
Cookies
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

For the garnish, combine the confectioners’ sugar with the cardamom, mix well, and set aside.
In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs until creamy. Add flour, rice flour, cornstarch, milk, and rose water, and beat well to create a smooth batter. The batter should have the consistency of pancake batter—if it is too runny, add more flour.
Heat 4 cups of oil ove