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Petit Fours Recipe With Ghee

Published: Oct 12, 2013 · Modified: Mar 1, 2023 by Amira · This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission.

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Big feast (Eidul Adha) which is one of the most big celebrations among Muslims allover the world. Although it is a meat Eid which means it is full of traditional meat recipes like fattah.kebdah and more, we have so many delicious cookies on the table like Kahak .

One of the easiest cookies very well knows and very well desired by kids is the betefour pronounced betty-four. When I was young -ages ago 🙂 - betefour came in two colors - white and brown- and in almost one shape- two circles or flower shaped glued together with jam. Now betefour comes in so many different shapes and some people make it in more than these traditional two colors. It is easy to make,assemble,very buttery. sweet and very very delicious. I hope you will try them and enjoy them as much as we do.

  • Now for the garnish you can leave it plain as is or glue each identical two with Jam then add some to the tip then dip it in coconut flakes or nuts or just glue them and leave them without anything at the top. You can melt chocolate and dip it in then leave it to harden.
  • I've covered some in white chocolate then coconut flakes and it was divine.

Really the possibilities are endless... so let your creativity flow.

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A close up look at Petit fours cookies.

Petit Fours Recipe With Ghee

A delicious melt in your mouth Egyptian cookies made with ghee.
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Author: Amira

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups cold ghee
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 cups all purpose flour flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder- or to your liking
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

  • Beat ghee until light and fluffy then add in the powdered sugar and beat well.
  • Mix in the eggs and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking powder.
  • Add the flour mixture to the butter and mix well.
  • Refrigerate for one hour.
  • Divide the dough into two equal halves and mix one of them with cocoa powder.
  • Shape into balls or use a cookie press.
  • Bake in a 350F oven for 10-15 minutes or until done.
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Enjoy the cookies with family and friends..... Happy Eid.

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  1. Shereen

    April 02, 2025 at 12:20 pm

    I made these for Eid this year and they tasted just like the ones my mom used to make. My kids had so much fun decorating them. How far in advance can I make the dough? How long will the cookies stay fresh after baking?

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  2. Eudocia

    November 30, 2015 at 9:18 am

    That's a lot of ghee! Can you please give an approximate yield?

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    • Amira

      December 04, 2015 at 8:10 pm

      Yes the dough is so buttery and soft, but amazingly delicious :). Will yield about 2 dozens with me, but it depends on the cokkie size of course.

      Reply
  3. H

    July 11, 2015 at 12:50 am

    I did the dough but didn't have a cookie press yet, getting it tomorrow, so I stuck dough in the fridge to work on it tomorrow. Will this be ok? I'm new at baking this is my first go.

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    • Amira

      December 04, 2015 at 8:08 pm

      Sorry for the late reply 🙂 It is ok to put it in the fridge. I hope no harm was done and you've enjoyed the cookies.

      Reply
    • Maryam

      March 23, 2023 at 4:45 am

      5 stars
      I always chill mine as I press them out and use cutters, like my mother in law taught me in Alexandria. Enjoy!!!!!!
      Ramadan Mubarak.

      Reply
  4. M

    January 03, 2015 at 6:09 am

    Hi,

    Can't wait to try!

    How much vanilla did you use?

    Reply
  5. Joanne T Ferguson

    October 12, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    G'day! Don't these look delicious, wish I could come through the screen and try, true!
    Thank you also for sharing your culture as love learning new things every day too!
    Cheers! Joanne

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    • Amira

      October 14, 2013 at 3:51 pm

      It is indeed very delicious buttery flavour. I hope you'll try it someday.

      Reply

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