Honeycomb bread/khaliat nahal. Khaliat al Nahal (known by many as Khaliat Nahal) simply means Bee's Hive. This is due to the bread's resemblance to a honeycomb and for the sweet, honey-flavored topping it's glazed with. It's a 'softer_than_cotton' type of bread, with some cheese filling in every bun, and a sweet glaze on top. Honeycomb bread/khaliat nahal

You can cook Honeycomb bread/khaliat nahal using 18 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Honeycomb bread/khaliat nahal
  1. You need of For the dough.
  2. Prepare 2 cups of all purpose flour.
  3. You need 3/4 cup of warm milk.
  4. You need 3 tbls of powdered milk (optional).
  5. Prepare 1 of large egg.
  6. It’s 3 tbls of vegetable oil.
  7. Prepare 3 tbls of melted butter.
  8. You need 2 tsp of yeast (sachet type is fine).
  9. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
  10. You need of Some beaten egg for an egg wash before baking.
  11. It’s of Enough water for kneading (add water at the end to avoid having liquidy dough).
  12. You need of Cream cheese to fill in dough balls.
  13. You need of For the honey syrup.
  14. Prepare 3/4 cup of water.
  15. You need 1 cup of sugar.
  16. It’s 1 tbls of honey.
  17. Prepare 1 of couple of saffron strands.
  18. It’s 1-2 squeezes of lemon juice.

Bite sized stuffed buns that are arranged to look like a "Bee's Hive" hence known as Honeycomb Bread or Khaliat al Nahal Khaliat al Nahal is a Middle Eastern bread. In the Muslim communities, I believe Khaliat al Nahal is made during the fasting period of Ramadan. Khaliat al Nahal (known by many as Khaliat Nahal) simply means Bee's Hive. This is due to the bread's resemblance to a honeycomb and for the sweet, honey-flavoured topping it's glazed with.

Honeycomb bread/khaliat nahal instructions

  1. Prepare the honey syrup by mixing all ingredients in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat.

  2. Once sugar is dissolved, increase to high heat until it begins to boil.

  3. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until syrup just starts to thicken. Be careful not to let it over cook and become too thick..

  4. For the dough, add dry ingredients and mix well, then add the wet ingredients (make sure water is the last ingredient to add in, as you are likely not going to use alot of it).

  5. Mix to form a dough and knead until dough is soft.

  6. Allow dough to rise until doubled in size.

  7. Once dough has risen, start filling the dough by pulling tiny pieces of dough balls, filling with some cream cheese. These ingredients give me about 40 tiny balls, I prefer to have the dough thin as it will rise again before baking and I prefer a less doughy but more cheesy ball 😉.

  8. Arrange the dough balls in a circular oven safe dish starting from the centre- this is to make a honeycomb design.

  9. Allow the prepared dough to rise for about 45 mins to an hour, brush the top with the egg wash..

  10. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until the top is golden brown..

  11. Remove from the oven and immediately pour over the cooled honey syrup (be sure to hear out for the sizzle that the syrup makes when its poured 🤤).

  12. Allow to cool before serving.

It's a 'softer_than_cotton' type of bread, with some cheese filling in every bun, and a sweet glaze on top. Recipe Intro: Khaliat Nahal aka Honeycomb buns is very easy bread to make with a sweet or savory filling in it, which is then covered with a sugar syrup, a typical Middle Eastern Confectionery. Khaliat Nahal means Bee's Hive in Arabic hence these buns are baked close to each other in round pan to form a honeycomb-like pattern. ABOUT Khaliat Nahal (Honeycomb Bread) RECIPE. This is one of the most delicious Arabic breads ever!