Sekerpare

1 stick butter
1 cup powder sugar
2 table spoons baking powder
4 cups flour
2 egg yolks
a pinch salt
1 cup almonds or pistachios

Sugar syrup:
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
juice of a half of a lemon

First prepare sugar syrup. Put sugar, water and lemon juice in a pan, boil until thickens a little and set aside to cool.

Place melted butter, powder sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl, and knead them for 5 minutes. Add egg yolks and flour, and knead another 5 minutes. Give ball shape to dough, cover with a wet towel and rest 20 minutes. Take a piece from dough as big as a walnut, make a ball, squeeze from top a little and place on a baking pan. Put an almond at top of it. Continue doing it until dough finishes.

Bake sekerpares at 350F about 30 minutes. Move pan to top rack and bake another 10 minutes. When they are cooled down, spoon by spoon pour sugar syrup over sekerpares until sekerpares no longer absorb it. Refrigerate and serve cold.

Serves: 10

Source: http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2362/ezogelin.html

Prepared by: Lena for August 2000 meeting