Egyptian dessert recipes

With their beautiful colors, sweet and savory flavors, and melt-in-mouth textures, these Egyptian desserts will open your eyes and palate to a completely different side of the country’s cuisine.

Egyptian desserts are so incredible that even Cleopatra would have approved! From pudding to baklava to butter cookies, end your meal with a taste of Egypt!

Baklava, pistachio cake, or Kunafa, you'll love Arabic desserts and sweets because of their unique flavors. Discover the best Arabic sweets recipes here.

A sweet treat usually made for the Eid holiday in Egypt, here's the recipe for how to make Egyptian Kahk cookies at home!

Buttery croissants meet rich whipped cream, raisins and slivered almonds in this Croissant Bread Pudding! Traditionally Um Ali, also known as Om Ali or Um Ali is made with an Egyptian flatbread called Roaa, phyllo or puff pastry sheets. I used croissants because they’re easily accessible everywhere and they taste amazing in this pudding.Umm Ali is traditional Egyptian bread pudding, that makes a perfect dessert or breakfast treat. It’s warm, rich, and delicious with a soft-silky texture.

Egyptian basbousa is one of the most famous Arabic sweets. Semolina mixed with butter, sugar, yogurt and coconut and drizzled with flavored sugar syrup. #ArabicSweets #EgyptianDesserts #SemolinaCake #EasyDessertRecipe #MiddleEastFood

Melt-in-your-mouth Egyptian butter cookies! Simple bite-sized eggless cookies, made of 3 ingredients: ghee, powdered sugar, and flour.

Kunafa with Cream is an easy Arabic dessert, usually served during the month of Ramadan and made by layering crispy pastry and thick cream on top of each other, and drizzled with sweet syrup.

For a (AWESOME) school project, I had to make baklava. Baklava is a traditional Egyptian dessert consisting of many layers of flaky pastry and spiced walnuts, covered in a sweet, orange-blossom-fla…

This is one cookie recipe that just gets better with age!