Fluffy Honeycomb Bread Recipe

One of the best nostalgic memories of Middle Eastern people is enjoying hot Honeycomb Bread with a cup of milk for breakfast. Baked to golden perfection, this is one of the most relished mini-dough pieces.

Each bite of these fluffy bread rolls will take you on a trip to heaven! Enjoy making this easy Honeycomb Bread recipe and serve it at your family and friends’ breakfast gatherings.

Honeycomb

Honeycomb Bread is a common and widespread delicious baked goodness in Arab countries. It is called Khaliat Al Nahl meaning bees honeycomb in Arabic.

Honeycomb Bread (khaliat Al Nahl

Being very popular in Middle Easter countries, like Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, and Iraq, honeycomb buns recipe spread around the world becoming a trend pastry for breakfast.

As it became popular in different countries, you can find it under different names such as beehive bread or beehive sweet buns.

Honeycomb Bread is fluffy bread rolls stuffed with cream cheese, topped with sesame seeds and Nigella seeds, and drizzled with utterly divine honey before enjoying them.

Honeycomb Bread (rooti Shinnidhaab) Pain Nid D'abeille خلية النحل

Fluffy and soft, these honeycomb buns have an aromatic heavenly taste. Once you try it, you will always ask for more and more!

One other great piece of news is that you can make these beehive sweet buns for suhoor in the month of Ramadan. They are so healthy and nutritious.

If you like to try it at breakfast, you can pair it with Authentic Labneh Balls, green olives, and a hot cup of tea. This is an authentic Middle Eastern breakfast to enjoy.

Jam Filled Honey Comb Bread/ Khaliat Al Nahal Recipe

This sweet treat is a yummy snack when paired with jam and butter. Try it with strawberry jam, apricot jam, cranberry jam, blueberry jam, etc. The combination is mouthwatering!

Enjoy them hot with a hot cup of milk, Rich White Hot Chocolate Recipe, Middle Eastern Mint Tea (Shai Bi Na’Na), Karak Chai, or with cold beverages like this Coffee Banana Shake.

Be creative and make your own version of this honeycomb bread recipe. Enjoy the experiment and use whatever fillings and toppings you like.

Honeycomb Bread (khaliat Nahal)

If you decide to enjoy these fluffy beehive bread for breakfast, then you can fill them with a mix of Akkawi cheese, parsley, and Nigella seeds.

Are you planning to enjoy them as a fluffy snack? A yummy option is on its way! Stuff these fluffy bread rolls with melted chocolate, Nutella, melted white chocolate, or any sweet cream you like.

You can shape the dough larger than the ones I made. For the presentation and mini meze or appetizers, I recommend mini ones like these.

Homemade Honeycomb Candy

Store the Honeycomb Bread leftovers on the counter at room temperature for 3 days or in an airtight container in the fridge for 4-5 days.

Yes, honeycomb bread is freezer friendly. You can freeze your buns individually wrapped or together in a freezer safe container. When you are ready to enjoy, thaw on the counter or heat them up in the microwave for 20 seconds or in the oven for one minute.

Once mixed, add the warm water or warm milk and whisk together well until no longer clumpy. Cover it and set it aside in a warm place for 10 minutes.

Yemeni

Beehive Sweet Buns (honeycomb Buns)

Now, add the remaining 1⅔ cups of flour and the oil. Mix in your stand mixer (or by hand) until smooth and soft dough forms, about 5-7 minutes. Now it’s ready to use.

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Honeycomb Bread is widespread and delicious baked goodness stuffed with cream cheese, topped with sesame seeds and Nigella seeds, and drizzled with utterly divine honey.If all Yemeni food is like this Khaliat Nahal, I am in love. Just try and resist a bite of cheese filled honeycomb bread, dripping in an orange blossom perfumed syrup!

Khaliat Nahal /honeycomb Bread

It’s time for the MENA Cooking Club. This monthly group has for goal to help us discover the culture and cuisine of the countries found in these parts of the world. Two savory recipes and a sweet dish are suggested from the country and the members pick one dish to make. This month we are off to Yemen with a super yummy Khaliat Nahal, a Yemeni bread prepared like a honeycomb bread or beehive buns.

Yemen is on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, and sharing borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman. Unfortunately beautiful Yemen is being ravaged by a horrific civil war right now, hardly a tourist destination at this time.

A real shame as it must be a fascinating country to explore, it is one of the oldest centers of civilization in the Near East and having a record of history dating back to the 12th century BC.

Step By Step Honeycomb Bread Recipe Revealed

Early Yemen has been ruled by many kingdoms we have never heard of, later by Ethiopian and Persian rule, and the Ottoman Empire.

The landscape is varied, from the coasts to mountains, valleys, and highlands. Sana’a is the capital city. The people are said to be very friendly and welcoming.

Honeycomb

Yemeni cuisine is quite distinct from the rest of the Middle East and Yemen dishes are best enjoyed when invited by locals for a meal. Not accepting an invitation is considered an insult. Many Yemeni dishes are prepared in a round clay oven called a taboon.

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Chicken, goat, lamb, tomatoes, onions, broad beans, lentils and potatoes are the staples in Yemen. There is also a long list of unleavened flat-breads to enjoy.

Common seasonings include chili peppers, cumin, coriander seeds, turmeric, fenugreek, mint, cilantro, and the Hawaij spice mix made from aniseeds, fennel seeds, ginger, and cardamom.

The national dish is Salta Yemeni, a meat-based stew spiced with fenugreek. Ogdat, which means “knot”, is a stew made from tying all the ingredients together.Yemen sweets and bread

Honeycomb Bread Recipe

Yemeni honey is an important delicacy which one will find in most desserts, like today’s Khaliyat Nahal honeycomb and cheese bread recipe, Yemeni honey cake, Yemeni bread with honey, and the Yemeni bint al sahn recipe. The list is long for Yemeni cake, Yemeni sweets, and Yemeni bread recipe.

Fruits like raisins, mangos, and bananas are common, as is the banana bread pudding Masoub recipe. As you can see they have a penchant for Yemeni sweet dishes and Yemen bread, such as the recipe for this Arabic bread with cheese inside I will share.

Today’s Khaliat Al Nahl is a cheese filled honey comb bread recipe, sort of like a pull-apart bread, which is soaked in an orange blossom perfumed syrup after it comes out of the oven. Another name for this Khaliat Nahl Arabic sweet bread style is bee hive bun.

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And yes this middle eastern sweet bread is just as awesome and delicious as it sounds. I swear this part of the world knows how to make desserts. It is a mix of savory (Arab cheese bread with the cream cheese) and sweet (with the syrup) but it is not overly sweet either.

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I halved the recipe and brought enough for my colleagues to have two pieces each. This honeycomb Arabic dessert vanished pretty fast and I got loads of compliments. These stuffed honeycomb buns would be fabulous for a pot-luck party.

This Yemeni honeycomb bread recipe, or Khaliat Al Nahal recipe, is on Sheba Yemeni Food. It’s a really easy honeycomb bread recipe to follow. You’ll fall in love with these Arabic cheese rolls at first bite!

Khaliat Al Nahl (honeycomb Buns)

So I was out of sesame seeds. But I am sure you will have something in your pantry to use as a substitute. I used poppy and hemp seeds to achieve the same look.We usually bake this bread during the month of Ramadan (the month of fasting for Muslims) and serve it as a sweet dish. The soft, cheese-filled bread is soaked with a sugar syrup that makes it particularly suitable for

. One of the main objectives of Ramadan is to teach a person self-control and there is no better way to measure a person’s progress on this issue than to see how he/she can resist overindulging on this sweet dish.

Preparing this bread is a fun project for children: spreading the dough pieces with the fingers, placing the filling, shaping them into small balls, and brushing them with milk. These are tasks that can be handled very easily by children. The very small buns are also a perfect finger food that they will love.

Honeycomb Bread (khaliat Al Nahl)

One thing we like about this bread is how versatile it can be. Instead of cream cheese, we have also used other fillings: cooked apples, chocolate pieces, peanut butter, date paste, raisins, sweetened coconut. You can serve the bread without the syrup. At times, we have also used savoury fillings such potatoes and peas, small meatballs, and chicken. Be creative. That is what cooking is about.

(Tbsp is a tablespoon; tsp is a teaspoon) (1 cup = 237 mL = 2.4 dl; 1 Tbsp = 15 mL; 1 tsp = 5 mL); all are level measurements

(QW waa qaaddo weyn – midda cuntada lagu cuno; qy waa qaaddo yar) (1 koob = 237 mL = 2.4 dl; 1 QW = 15 mL; 1 qy = 5 mL)

Khaliat

Honeycomb Cake Recipe

Nous préparons souvent ce pain pendant le mois du Ramadan (le