Turkish Cake

Description

In Romanian: Prajitura turceasca (Tis-pis-tiri)

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1½ cups oil
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon confectioner's sugar
• grated peel from 1 lemon
• salt
• flour as needed
• shortening and flour to grease and dust the pan

Syrup

• 1 lb / 500 g sugar
• 1¼ cups water
• vanilla
• juice from 1 lemon

Directions

1. Beat the sugar with the egg, mix with oil, salt, lemon peel, sugar and water.
2. Add flour and knead a soft dough. Let it rest for 10 minutes and then roll into a finger thick sheet.
3. Cut into squares (not too big) and arrange on the greased and dusted baking sheet, at a distance one from the other.
4. While they bake, prepare the syrup.
5. Set to boil the sugar with 1¼ cup water and vanilla; after a few minutes, add lemon juice and remove from heat.
6. When the squares are nicely golden-brown, scald with this syrup and bake a little longer so that the syrup gets well into the dough.