Braj. Sweet, soft and unforgetable.. براج

When I was going to do these sweets for the fist time, I never expected, that all these ingredients can give me such taste. It's perfect! I made just 4 pieces, just to try if I will like it and.. instantly after making this picture..my plate became empty.
Try it. It's easy, cheap and so delicious! :)

You need dates paste. Take some and mix it with a bit of olive oil (in arabic: zeyt zeytoun) and add some rose or orange blossom water (choose which one you like and add as much as you like, but not more, that 2tbs).
Knead it with your hand in a bowl, until the paste becomes smooth.
Cannot be too sticky. When you knead, must easily stick out of your hand.
Put it into a kitchen foil and form in a shape of flat rectangle. Roll it to about 0,3-0,5cm.

Now pastry.
In a pot, melt UNSALTED butter and wait until it will become colder.
In a bowl mix some semolina with a pinch of salt. Keep adding butter and knead the pastry. Add a bit of rose or orange water as well. Consistency of our pastry is important. Because we want our cookies to be soft, we need to leave it a bit like wet couscous.
Then divide pastry to a half and one part form into a rectangle, similar size to dates paste. Roll it into about 04,-05cm.

Then take out the paste and put onto the pastry.

Take 2nd part of semolina and form it in a rectangle, exactly the same as the 1st one. Roll a bit, put on the dates paste.
Roll everything softly, so it will stick together well.
Now cut it to your choosen shape, decorate with drawing sth with a knife or using cookie shapers and fry on a non sticking pan without oil (cookis are with butter already) on both sides to get the golden colour.

Bon appettit! :)

If you don't have rose and orange water, you can use orange peel as well :)