Steps:
1- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2- Coarsely chop the almonds with a sharp knife.
3- Melt the stick of butter.
4- In a bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, and baking powder.
5- In another bowl, whisk the eggs with a pinch of salt and vanilla extract.
6- Add to the eggs: the sugar, melted butter, chopped almonds, raisins, and sesame seeds.
7- Fold the flour mixture into the eggs mixture until you get a soft dough.
8- On a hard surface, sprinkle flour so that the dough does not stick to the surface. Form a ball with the soft dough using flour when dough is too sticky.
9- Separate the dough into 2 lumps and form a log from each lump (15 inches long and 2 inches wide)
10- Line up parchment paper on a cookie pan.
11- Place the 2 logs in the cookie pan and make sure there is space between them as they will expand once cooked.
12- Cook the logs for 30 mn or until golden and firm when pressed with a fingertip.
13- Cool the logs to room temperature.
14- Slice the baked logs using a sharp bread knife.
15- Return the fekkas to the pan and bake for another 15 minutes (350 degrees).

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