palm sunday cookies - lebanese tradition

Ingredients

• 2 1/5 pounds all purpose flour
• 1 pound fine semolina
• 1 cup powdered milk
• 3 - eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups liquid milk
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon active dried yeast
• 1 stick butter
• 3 teaspoons sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon anise, ground
• 1/2 teaspoon black nigella seeds
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cloves, ground
• - *you can cut the quantities in half for smaller batch of cookies