Rose and Almond Ghriba Recipe (2024)

Can you use almond flour in this recipe or is it ground too fine?

These cookies sound great, but where can I get rosewater?

NYT Notes:- Almond flour = ground almonds- coat with confectioners sugar after baking- rose water can be found in most large supermarkets; can use orange water or vanilla

Can you use almond flour instead of ground almonds? What is the difference between the two?

I have a similar Moroccan recipe but I decorate my cookies with a pistachio slightly pressed into the sugar coated dough balls...I also mix the dry ingredients well before adding Rose water and eggs... Looks good and soooo easy to bake

Just made these since i had all the ingredients on hand. Would definitely decrease the salt by half and increase the rose water next time. To balance out the rose water that may require more ground almond to balance the exrra liquid. Also chose to refrigerate dough before baking for shape after referencing a different recipe. They are super easy and cute, remind me of wedding cookies

These were a big hit! I did not have rose water so I substituted a teaspoon of vanilla. Otherwise, I followed the directions.

Whole Foods has rosewater in the beauty aisle! Same ol’ stuff, just a different label/marketing. You can use it to make these cookies, add some to your lemonade to feel fancy, then splash it on your face for a refreshing toner. (On another note, I added a bit of orange zest to my cookies, because I add orange zest to most things now. One gets one’s kicks where one can.)

I made these using almond flour. I added ground walnuts and almonds to the flour to give them more texture. Didn’t have rose water so I added orange zest and a little fresh orange juice. Delicious!

Instead of rolling in powdered sugar, after baking I drizzle in a glaze made of powdered sugar, rose water, and lemon juice.

Made with double the rosewater once and double the rosewater plus 1/2 tsp ground cardamom the second time and both were divine! I've had to bake them in secret and hide them to keep them all from being eaten before I could pack them into my cookie boxes!

Can egg substitute be used for vegans?

Could this be made vegan by replacing the eggs with a vegan binder?

I did and they are easy to mix and taste wonderful. I also omitted the rose water and used water.

I used almond flour because I had it on hand and I don't know if it tastes authentic, but it tastes delicious!

these are very wonderful and fabulous! I tinted them a very pale pink to help identify the rose flavor, and they are quite lovely! Also, the cracks show up better under the white of the powdered sugar. And yes, they are delightfully chewy....oh, and I made 30 cookies and they are not too small.

Fam loves this!

I used almond flour and the texture is terrific as is the taste! I would add a bit more rose water next time and try with pistachios.

Any Middle Eastern store will carry rose and orange water.

These reminded me of Italian Wedding Cookies

Really good! The group I served them too loved them. I paired with a rose petal jam which was lovely.

I made this with 1tsp of almond extract instead of the 1tsp rose water and the cookies were pretty tasteless. Relatively “healthy” with low sugar and high protein from the nut flour, but maybe ramp up the extracts.

Delicious, Andrew loved. I used a mix of ground almonds and almond flour. Also pressed a pistachio into the top of each and added a tiny bit extra salt and vanilla sugar.

There are lot of questions here for where to get rose water. Rose water for cooking (not beauty product), is sold in any Indian or Middle Eastern specialty grocery stores. In traditional Persian cooking rose water is used A Lot. My favorite brands for cooking rose water are: Cortas, Sadaf and Ziyad. If speciality stores are not close by , God Bless Amazon online store:) it will be a little more expensive but worth. Please note rose water provides very distinct taste, start with small amounts.

Usually use 2 tsp of rose water, and the flavor is a little stronger the next day, but I want to try 3 tsp next time. The texture is nice and chewy.

This is a pleasant enough cookie, next time I will tweak it for more flavor...pandan water instead of rose water. It is not overly sweet to the taste. After reading the other comments, I modified it by mixing and sieving the dry ingredients together before adding the wet ingredients. I mixed it with my hands, so fun, worth trying. I coated some cookies with confec. sugar after baking. My verdict is that you can cover them with powdered sugar before baking, it is actually better.

Increase to 2 tsps rose water, small amount half teaspoon of ground petals in a little under half Rene dough, 2 drops red food coloring

Add more rose water, try grinding up some dry rose petals

Wonderful consistency, excited to make these again. A few small amendments: -1 level tsp baking powder (vs. 1 heaped tsp)-pinch of kosher salt (vs. 1/2 tsp) -1 1/2 tsp rosewater (vs 1 tsp) -85 g granulated sugar (vs. 80g) and YES on double rolling in powdered sugar, as other bakers have suggested!

So, I just learned the difference between almond flour and almond meal. A costly lesson in terms of time and taste. There's a Turkish coffee shop near me. I may stop by to find out how these are actually supposed to taste and feel before I go through the effort again.