Funeral Halva

Directions

1. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Set aside and let cool.
2. In a large pot, add flour and cook on medium heat to toast flour. Stir occasionally. Toast for around 30-40 minutes or until the flour turns golden.
3. Slowly add melted butter to the flour while stirring with a wooden spoon to incorporate. It should be a crumbly consistency, similar to when you cut butter into flour to make pastry dough. Turn off heat.
4. Add sugar and water mixture to the flour and butter mixture at a slow, steady pace while continuing to mix. (It helps if you have two people doing this.) Mix until the syrup is incorporated into the flour and butter mixture—it should now be a light brown sugar color and have a flaky, not goopy, texture, like wet sand.
5. Once incorporated, pour into your desired dish and with the back of the wooden spoon, press mixture evenly into place.
6. Using a fork, draw designs on the top of the halva. Wait until halva has cooled to cut and distribute.