Baked Halvah

Recipe Ingredients

		Brandied sugar syrup - see recipe
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Unsalted butter - softened, Plus butter for baking dish
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Sugar
6		Eggs
2 cups	474ml	Farina
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1 cup	237ml	Pine nuts

Recipe Instructions

Prepare syrup; cool to room temperature. In a large bowl beat the 1 cup butter with a wooden spoon until creamy. Add sugar and beat until smooth; set aside.

Preheat oven to 350F. Break eggs, separating whites into a large bowl and yolks into a smaller bowl. Beat yolks until pale yellow. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, then fold in yolks.

Stir farina into butter mixture, then beat in eggs. Stir in baking powder, cinnamon, vanilla, and pine nuts, beating to mix thoroughly.

Butter a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and pour in halvah mixture, smoothing top with a spatula. Bake until set (about 35 minutes). Remove halvah from oven and pour cooled syrup evenly over top. Cool to room temperature.

Source:
Cole Publishing Group Recipe Collection

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