Halwa Shebakia

Ingredients

4 lb flour
3 lb butter
2 lb sesame seeds
1 tb dry yeast dissolved in
1/2 cup water
20 gum arabic
1 tb saffron stamens
1/2 lb smen
1 tb cinnamon
2 qt vegetable oil
10 lb honey

Instructions

Remove and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds. Makes several hundred cookies.