Lebanese Sweet Kaak

"Crispy, crunchy Lebanese sweet kaak cookies that pair beautifully with tea, and are perfect too to dunk them in a cup of hot salep, or serve them as part of your afternoon snacks and nibbles! Though to be more accurate, maybe I shouldn’t classify them as cookies, since they are not your ordinary soft, chewy cookies, they are supposed to be a bit hard and crispy with a pleasant crunch in every bite.  Seasoned with anise seeds and mahlab, their flavor is warm and fragrant, and are coated with sesame seeds that add a nutty agreeable character; if you have been raised in Lebanon, then you must have seen them gracing the windows of most Lebanese bakeries."