Maamoul
Ingredients
Instructions
- Prepare the filling.
- For the nuts filling, finely chop the nuts and add sugar and enough orange-blossom water to moisten and hold the nuts together. If you're using walnuts, reduce the amount of the water to 1 tablespoon.
- For the dates filling, place the pitted dates in a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 3-4 minutes, take out and immediately mash with a fork to form a paste. Set aside to cool completely.
- In a mixer or by hand mix the flour, sugar and butter. Add the water and milk just enough for the dough to hold together.
- Let rest for 30 minutes as this makes the dough easier to handle.
- Form the cookies.
- Take a walnut size lump of dough.
- Roll it into a ball and hollow it out with your thumb. Pinch the sides up to make a pot shape.
- Fill the hole three-quarters full with the filling.
- Bring the dough up over the opening to close into a ball. Flatten slightly.
- Slightly decorate the tops with tweezers or a fork, (this will help the confectioners' sugar to cling after they are baked.
- Place cookies on parchment paper and cook in a pre-heated 325 F oven for 20-25 minutes. Cookies should not become brown as this will affect the taste.
- While warm, dust the cookies with confectioners' or powered sugar.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
680
kcal
34% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).