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Sheqerpare

Name: Sheqerpare
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Albania
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 150g Butter; 2 Egg; 50g Powdered sugar; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 300g Sugar; 300ml Water; 1/2 Lemon; To taste Walnuts

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Round baked cookies soaked in sweet syrup — an Albanian sweet for holidays.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sheqerpare means 'pieces of sugar,' a traditional Albanian sweet of rich, buttery round cookies baked and then soaked with hot lemon-scented syrup. They're made for Bajram (Islamic festivals), New Year, and other days when family gathers, and offered to guests.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On the morning of Bajram in an Albanian home, syrup is poured over round sweets on a big tray and they're served with coffee to visiting relatives.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 300g
Butter 150g
Egg 2
Powdered sugar 50g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Sugar 300g
Water 300ml
Lemon 1/2
Walnuts To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the softened butter, egg, and powdered sugar, then add the flour and baking powder to make a dough.
Roll into balls, flatten slightly, top each with a walnut, and arrange on a baking sheet.
Bake at 180°C for 25 minutes until lightly colored.
Simmer the sugar, water, and lemon slices for 5 minutes to make a syrup and cool.
Pour the cooled syrup over the hot sweets and let soak for a few hours.

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