Holiday Date Cookies (Maamoul)
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These traditional buttery holiday cookies are filled with an earthy walnut or date filling and then dusted with confectioners' sugar.
Recipe type: Cookies, Baklava, and More
Serves: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1[1/2] cups all-purpose flour
- 1[1/2] cups semolina flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- [1/2] tsp. salt
- 1 cup butter, melted
- [1/4] cup whole milk
- 1 TB. orange blossom water
- 1[1/2] cups ground walnuts
- [1/4] cup sugar
- [1/4] tsp. ground cinnamon
- 10 dates (pitted )
- 1 TB. water
- 3 TB. confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, semolina flour, baking powder, salt, butter, whole milk, and 1 tablespoon orange blossom water. Cover with plastic wrap, and set aside for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
- In a food processor fitted with a chopping blade, blend walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon for 30 seconds. Transfer to a bowl, and set aside.
- In food processor, blend dates, orange blossom water, and water for 30 seconds or until smooth.
- Pinch off 3 tablespoons of dough, and using your hands, flatten dough into a 3-inch circle. Place 1 tablespoon either walnut mixture or date mixture in center of dough circle, and seal dough around filling, forming a ball.
- Press ball into a cookie mold or create a design on surface of dough using the back of a fork.
- Place cookie on a baking sheet, repeat with remaining dough and filling, and bake for 20 minutes.
- Cool cookies on a cooling rack for 20 minutes.
- Dust cookies with confectioners' sugar, and serve.
Notes
Tasty Tip
If you don't have or cannot find orange blossom water, replace that flavoring with the flavoring of your choiceâ€â€Âvanilla extract, almond extract, coconut extract, etc.
If you don't have or cannot find orange blossom water, replace that flavoring with the flavoring of your choiceâ€â€Âvanilla extract, almond extract, coconut extract, etc.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cookie Calories: 208 Fat: 11g Saturated fat: 5g Carbohydrates: 25g Sodium: 105mg Fiber: 2g Protein: 3g Cholesterol: 21mg
Hi was wondering which semolina works best for these cookies… Fine or course?