Preheat the oven to 350 °F
In a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, yeast, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. This can also be done in a stand mixer so add the ingredients to the bowl of your stand mixer if you prefer. Mix everything briefly to combine the dry ingredients.
3 cups all-purpose flour, ½ tsp instant yeast, ½ tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp salt, 1 tbsp sugar
Add in the butter or ghee to the flour mixture. Mix together with the dry ingredients.
1 cup butter or ghee
Add the water slowly until it comes together into a light pliable dough.
1/3 cup water
Cover and rest the kahk dough in a cool place for an hour. This dough has a short prep time.
In a small pan, melt the butter or ghee and heat to a low heat.
1 TBS butter or ghee
Add the flour and cook it on medium/low until the mixture turns slightly golden. Remove this mixture from the heat.
1 TBS all-purpose flour
Add the honey and the sesame seeds and cook the mixture until it thickens a little.
¼ cup honey, 1 tsp sesame seeds
Remove from the heat and add the pistachios; mix to combine.
½ cup pistachios
Allow the honey filling to cool for 10 minutes or so. Set aside in a small bowl.
Divide the cookies into 20 dough balls and the filling into 20 balls. Ensure you have rolled a smooth ball each time.
Take the cookie dough ball and flatten it out.
Place the filling ball inside the dough ball and wrap the dough around the filling.
Repeat this with all 20 cookies.
Press the cookie down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for about 25 minutes of until golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack. Give them 5 minutes on the baking sheet before moving them.
Cool and then dust with powdered sugar.
1 TBS powdered sugar
