Kleicha
Kleicha is sometimes considered the national cookie of Iraq. It is also found in Saudi Arabia.
Kleicha come in several traditional shapes and fillings. The most popular are the ones filled with dates. There are also sweet discs, as well as half moons filled with nuts, sugar and/or desiccated coconut. They are usually flavoured with cardamom and sometimes rose water, and glazed with egg wash, which may sometimes be scented and coloured with saffron.
Assyrians bake Kilecheh on Eeda Gura, Easter, and Eeda Sura, Christmas, in which they are usually stuffed with dates and served with tea.
A Turkish version is called Klija Kurabiyesi and is a sweet disc or filled with almonds, hazelnuts and sugar. It is also flavored with rose water and orange blossom water and glazed with egg wash.
