Tahini Cookies

The last recipe that we prepared for our third round of the Hebrew cooking elective was one that I found online for Tahini Cookies. The recipe is very simple, very quick to prepare (just 15 minutes preparation time, and 10 minutes to bake), and the result is very delicious.

Since this was the final cooking session for this group, I put the vocabulary on the whiteboard as usual, but did not put in the English translation for those words which we have used frequently. I did translate new words I was introducing.  See if you can translate the words most frequently used in our cooking sessions (you can refer to previous posts in this blog if you're not certain about any word):

We then began to prepare the cookies.

Reisheet kol, la'seem et ha't'cheena l'toch ha'ke'ara (First of all, put the tahini into the bowl)

This proved to be a very slow-moving step considering how sticky the t'cheena is - some help from the spatula was in order

Achshav, l'hoseef et ha'd'vash v'ha'keenamon (Now, add in the honey and cinnamon)

Our students became very adept at using the spatula - this time to get the honey out of the cup

Az, l'hoseef et ha'sheebolet shoo'al v'et ha'tzeemookeem... (Then, add in the oatmeal and the raisins...)

...v'l'arbev et ha'kol b'yachad eem ha'kaf ha'g'dola (...and mix it all together with the big spoon)

La'seem et ha'eerboov al ha'kapeet... (Put the mixture on the teaspoon...)

...v'la'avor et ha'eerboov la'tavneet (...and transfer the mixture to the cookie sheet)

Press down on each cookie lightly, making a crisscross pattern with the fork

Achad esrei oogeeyot al kol tavneet...(18 cookies on each cookie sheet...)

La'afot et ha'oogeeyot asara dakot ba'tanoor, l'chakot asara dakot, v'az hem moochaneem le'echol - B'TEYAVON!  (Bake the cookies ten minutes in the oven, wait ten minutes, and then they are ready to eat - BON APETIT!)

L'nakot et ha'shoolchan (Clean the table)

The final five minutes were spent choosing an elective for the final 6 weeks of the school year - students were asked to note down their first, second, and third choices

They all take this activity very seriously...

...thinking it over and discussing it with friends

If anyone would like to get any or all of the recipes we prepared, get in touch with me and I'd be happy to send them to you. This would be a wonderful and fun way for you to practice Hebrew vocabulary at home.