• prep: 20 min
• cook: 3 hr
• total: 3 hr 20 min

servings:

Take one bite of the crisp cookies known as fekkas and you're inhaling the perfumes of the Middle East: orange-flower water, anise, sesame seeds, and toasted almonds.

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 stick unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup whole almonds, toasted, cooled, and coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons orange-flower water
• 2 teaspoons anise seeds
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon pure almond extract
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted and cooled, divided
• 3 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water for egg wash

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