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Turkish Halwa
Asli Ocak
"This traditional Turkish dessert is easy and yummy!"
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Ingredients
15 m servings 418 calsOriginal recipe yields 8 servings
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- Bring water and molasses to a boil in a saucepan. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a separate saucepan over low heat. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring occasionally, for a few minutes until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
- Pour the molasses mixture into the flour, stirring to form a ball. Fold in chopped walnuts. Drop onto waxed paper by the spoonful, and allow to cool completely before serving. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 418 calories; 14.3 g fat; 70.3 g carbohydrates; 3.9 g protein; 31 mg cholesterol; 26 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
12/3/2008
EDIT: The first time I made this it came out perfect, the second and third times I had the problems of other reviewers. Here are my tips: let the molasses/water boil for 10 minutes or so to redu...
Most helpful critical review
8/17/2009
Nothing about this recipe was as I expected. When the flour is added to the butter, it formed crumbs! When adding the molasses, I had a soupy, lumpy mass. My wire whisk beat the dough somewha...
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12/3/2008
EDIT: The first time I made this it came out perfect, the second and third times I had the problems of other reviewers. Here are my tips: let the molasses/water boil for 10 minutes or so to redu...
8/17/2009
Nothing about this recipe was as I expected. When the flour is added to the butter, it formed crumbs! When adding the molasses, I had a soupy, lumpy mass. My wire whisk beat the dough somewha...
3/30/2009
This recipe looked really weird at first, but then tasted really good! We added twice the amount of walnuts and rolled the Halwa in them. This is only if you like walnuts. Very easy recipe too!
10/1/2010
I halved the recipe, but I did need to use a touch of extra butter to get the flour to come together into a dough. I used one reviewer's suggestion of boiling the water and molasses for around 1...
2/18/2010
I want to thank Asli for her contribution of Turkish dishes. My husband is originally from Istanbul and I wanted to surprise him with this recipe. I didn't have much luck with it (Sueb review ...
9/1/2011
This did not work for me!! Simple became soupy and lumpy like someone else said. Directions aren't quite right here...