🇧🇦 Bosnian Cuisine

Hurmasice

Syrup-Soaked Semolina Cookies

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 20
Difficulty Medium
Calories 186 kcal

Dense, oblong semolina cookies soaked in warm sugar syrup until they swell into pillowy, impossibly sweet morsels.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix semolina, flour, baking powder.
  2. 2 Add melted butter, eggs, yogurt, vanilla. Knead until smooth dough forms.
  3. 3 Shape into small oblong pieces about 5cm long.
  4. 4 Bake at 180C for 20-25 min until lightly golden (they should not brown).
  5. 5 Boil sugar, water, and lemon juice 10 min for syrup.
  6. 6 Pour hot syrup over warm cookies. Let soak 2-3 hours until fully absorbed and swollen.

Did You Know?

Hurmasice double in size after soaking in syrup, so bakers must space them far apart on the tray.