Recipe - Halwa Shebakia (Ramadhan Special Sesame Cookies)

THE HALVAH
3 cup Farina (Cream of Wheat)
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 cup Butter
4 Eggs, separated
1 cup Sugar
One half cup Slivered almonds, blanched

THE SYRUP
2 One half cup Sugar
3 cup Water
Piece of stick cinnamon
2 or 3 whole cloves

Mix farina with cinnamon and set aside. Cream butter in a bowl. In
another bowl, beat egg yolks with the sugar until thick. Add to the butter
and beat very well. Beat egg whites until stiff. Then fold alternately with
the farina into the butteregg mixture. Add almonds; mix gently. Put into a
buttered pan. Bake in preheated 350 F. oven for 45 min.

Prepare syrup by boiling all of the ingreds. for abt. 8 min. Remove and
discard cinnamon and cloves. Pour syrup over hot halvah. Cool, serve.

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