This week I made shekerbura, which is an azeri cookie.
By making it I developed new skills. Throughout the year one of my cas creativity and service activities was making national cookies.  At the start of the year I made Pachlava, which is also a national bakery however I think that this time my cookies were much better and the process of making them was much easier.
After doing this activity I learned that it is very important not to miss the time when the sweets have to be taken from the oven. The first bakeries I made weren't that good because they were slightly burned:)
However the second time I was checking the dough every 5 minutes.
The most challenging part in making sweets is making a dough. This was challenging for me but now it is not as I thank that after two times of failure to make a good dough now I know how to make a better one.

 The most important part of this activity was done and then the next step was to make a brochures for teachers and students as in my opinion it is important to share your culture with the representatives of other cultures and countries.
So i made a brochure and I made it green on purpose because Novruz is the coming of spring. I enjoyed this part very much. Decorating and finding pictures for my new brochure was fun.
However the most enjoyable part of this activity was to see that teachers and students liked what I made.
This activity helped me to develop new skills- Making dough.
I also improved on planing because everything worked out as I planned beforehand. Whereas last year when I made pachlava I couldn't do what I planned to and that is why I had to change the aim of the activity.
In my opinion I also showed perseverance and commitment as making the most important beets of the Azeri cookie, which was sugar mixed with nuts, took a long time and I had to make sure that the skin of the nuts is removed. In order to do so I developed a technique,  which is to fry them first and then put nuts in the water. Afterwards I could clean them.  Also I had to make sure that they are broken down to a very small beets. In order to do so I used a mixer for coffee beens:))
I really enjoyed this activity and I hope that in the future I will again make this type of pastry.