Halaldesserthalal
Maamoul (Date-Filled Cookies)
Total Time
50 min
Prep / Cook
30 / 20 min
Serves
6 people
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons Milk
- 200 g Butter
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 150 g Plain flour
- 250 g Pitted dates
- 1 Icing sugar for dusting
- 300 g Semolina
- 1 tablespoon Butter for filling
- 3 tablespoons Rose water
Instructions
- 1
Mix semolina, flour, and melted butter. Add rose water and milk. Rest dough for 1 hour.
- 2
Cook dates with butter and cinnamon until a smooth paste forms. Cool.
- 3
Take walnut-sized pieces of dough. Flatten, add a teaspoon of date filling, and seal.
- 4
Shape into rounds and press decorative patterns with a fork.
- 5
Bake at 180°C for 15-20 minutes until lightly golden (not browned).
- 6
Cool completely and dust generously with icing sugar.
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