Qatayef Asafiri (Little Birds) | America's Test Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 cup (5 ounces/142 grams) all-purpose flour
• ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon (3 ounces/85 grams) semolina flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground mahlab
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon table salt
• ½ teaspoon ground anise seeds
• 2 cups whole milk
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 tablespoon plain whole-milk yogurt
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• ½ teaspoon vegetable oil
• 16 ounces (454 grams/2 cups) mascarpone
• ¼ cup whole milk
• ½ cup honey , divided
• 2 tablespoons rose water
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground mahlab
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• ¼ cup shelled pistachios , chopped fine