Turkish Cake

Description
In Romanian: Prajitura turceasca (Tis-pis-tiri)

Ingredients

 * 1 egg
 * 1½ cups oil
 * 1 cup water
 * 1 tablespoon confectioner's sugar
 * grated peel from 1 lemon
 * salt
 * flour as needed
 * shortening and flour to grease and dust the pan

Syrup

 * 1 lb / 500 g sugar
 * 1¼ cups water
 * vanilla
 * juice from 1 lemon

Directions

 * 1) Beat the sugar with the egg, mix with oil, salt, lemon peel, sugar and water.
 * 2) Add flour and knead a soft dough. Let it rest for 10 minutes and then roll into a finger thick sheet.
 * 3) Cut into squares (not too big) and arrange on the greased and dusted baking sheet, at a distance one from the other.
 * 4) While they bake, prepare the syrup.
 * 5) Set to boil the sugar with 1¼ cup water and vanilla; after a few minutes, add lemon juice and remove from heat.
 * 6) When the squares are nicely golden-brown, scald with this syrup and bake a little longer so that the syrup gets well into the dough.