World Flavors Cookbook

Maamoul (Date and Nut Cookies)

Name: Maamoul (Date and Nut Cookies)
Cook time: 20 min
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: 2 cups semolina, 1 cup flour, 1 cup butter (melted), orange blossom water. Fillings: date paste, ground walnuts with sugar, or ground pistachios with sugar. Wooden molds (tabe).

Ancient shortbread cookies made with semolina and butter, stuffed with dates, walnuts, or pistachios, and formed in decorative wooden molds.

Cuisine: Lebanon

Ingredients

2 cups semolina, 1 cup flour, 1 cup butter (melted), orange blossom water. Fillings: date paste, ground walnuts with sugar, or ground pistachios with sugar. Wooden molds (tabe).

Instructions

Knead the dough and let it rest. Take a small piece of dough, stuff it with the desired filling, and press it into a decorative wooden mold. Tap the mold to release the cookie. Bake at 180°C until pale gold. Dust with powdered sugar.