{"id":1524,"slug":"halva-wheat-based","title":"Halva (Wheat-based)","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 cup all-purpose flour","1 cup butter or margarine","1¼ cup granulated sugar","5 cups water"],"ingredients_norm":["all purpose flour","butter or margarine","granulated sugar","water"],"steps":["Heat the margarine very gently in a saucepan. Add the flour, and cook for 40 minutes over low to moderate heat until golden brown.","When the flour turns light golden, combine the sugar and water in a separate saucepan. Boil gently to make a syrup.","Add the syrup to the saucepan with flour, and simmer for 20 minutes.","Scoop out small portions of halva with a wooden spoon, form into balls, and place on a serving plate.","Serve warm."],"categories":["Confection recipes","Recipes for confections","Recipes using butter","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using all-purpose flour","Recipes using margarine"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Halva_(Wheat-based)","source_ref":"4517476","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Halva_(Wheat-based)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"12aa8b81ad21395fce00dea9243c66aa940ce43ca2ddb78cf8d8ae29fb548b2b","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:04Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/halva-wheat-based"}