Chewy Iraqi Almond Cookies (Hadji Bada) by Jake Cohen
Likened to French macarons without the meringue, these sport a combo of almond flour, egg whites, rose water, and sugar that bakes into chewy clouds of floral sweetness.
YIELD: Makes 24 cookies
TIME:
Prep Time: 20 minutes, plus cooling time
Cook Time: 15 minutes
A few years into dating, Alex and I combined families for Passover seder, where I cooked a feast with his aunt Diana, spanning all the staple dishes from both the Ashkenazi and Mizrahi sides—minus gefilte fish, much to my mother’s chagrin. …
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