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Kleicha
Iraqi celebration cookies with a cardamom-scented yeast dough wrapped around a cinnamon date filling and baked with an egg-wash sheen.
About Kleicha
Kleicha is Iraq's celebration cookie, closely associated with Eid and family gatherings. This profile follows Hungry Paprikas' date-filled family version, which the Iraqi author identifies as the most common variety rather than combining it with the separate walnut filling.
Cardamom perfumes the lightly savoury, buttery dough, while cinnamon deepens the concentrated caramel sweetness of the date filling. A little salt keeps the cookie balanced rather than sugary throughout.
Date kleicha are small golden rolls with a soft yet lightly crisp shell and a dark spiral or layer of date filling. Egg wash gives the surface a gentle gloss, while the cut face shows the contrasting filling.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat, Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kleicha
Hungry Paprikas Iraqi date kleicha with cinnamon.
- Instant yeastDough leavening
- WaterDough liquid
- All-purpose flourCookie structure
- SaltSavoury balance
- Ground cardamomDough fragrance
- Vegetable oilDough tenderness and pan greasing
- Unsalted butterDough richness and date filling
- Date pasteSweet filling
- Ground cinnamonDate-filling spice
- EggGolden surface wash
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Instant yeast:
- Water:
- All-purpose flour:
- Salt:
- Ground cardamom:
- Vegetable oil:
- Unsalted butter:
- Date paste: . Prepared date paste composition can vary; confirm the exact product or house paste ingredients with the restaurant.
- Ground cinnamon:
- Egg:
Origins & food traditions
The Iraqi recipe author identifies kleicha as Iraq's national celebration cookie and the cinnamon date filling as its most common variety; the selected recipe supplies one complete dough-and-date-filling version.
Countries
- Iraq
- IraqCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Iraqi Cuisine
- Mesopotamian Cuisine
- Iraqi CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.