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Persian honey sweets, no-bake

Persian honey sweets, no-bake

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Persian shortbread cookies made with rice flour, butter, cardamom, and saffron, bound with honey, and beautifully decorated with pistachio powder.

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Recipe from Roozitaa (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These Persian sweets are prepared without the use of an oven or cooking. Rice flour, cardamom, saffron, and honey combine to create a delicate dough.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time35 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodno cooking
  • Estimated cost$98.06 $6.54 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

15 people
  • $1.22
  • $0.53
  • $0.17
  • $0.46
  • $1.10
  • $92.69
  • $1.89

Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Combine the powdered sugar, rice flour, and cardamom, then add the dissolved saffron and melted butter with a little honey. Mix well, then gradually add the honey until you have a soft dough. ≈ 4 min
  2. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes in a plastic bag, then spread it to a thickness of 1 cm between two sheets of plastic. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter, decorate with pistachio powder, and store in a container before serving.
  3. This dessert doesn’t require any baking or cooking.

The bill

Persian honey sweets, no-bake

  • 120 g of rice flour (about 1 cup)$1.22
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom$0.53
  • 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar$0.17
  • 50 g of melted butter$0.46
  • 50 g of walnut powder (approximately ½ cup)$1.10
  • 1 tablespoon of saffron, dissolved$92.69
  • honey, as needed$1.89

Total$98.06

that's $6.54 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 120 g of rice flour (about 1 cup)
  • 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom
  • 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar
  • 50 g of melted butter
  • 50 g of walnut powder (approximately ½ cup)
  • 1 tablespoon of saffron, dissolved
  • honey, as needed
  • Pistachio powder for decoration

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