Photo: Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Kahk (Egyptian Arabic: كحك), also Kahk El Eid, is a sweet shortbread biscuit that is eaten in Egypt, primarily to celebrate festive occasions like Eid al-Fitr as well as during Christmas and Easter. It is covered with powdered sugar and can be stuffed with ʿagameyya, lokum, walnuts, pistachios, or dates, or simply served plain. Date-filled kahk are believed to be the origin of maamoul, a similar biscuit eaten in the Levant during Eid. Different types of cookies are known more broadly in other parts of the Arab world as kaʾak (Arabic: كعك), although the term and its variants may refer to different baked goods depending on the region.
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