Maamoul
From ahmed1 17 years ago
- 12 minutes to make
- Serves 12
The reason that made me make maamoul cookies,is that my wife found her grandmother's very old Maamoul molds at her house.It was like finding a treasure.
Ingredients
- 227 grams butter shopping list
- 1 cup flour, all purpose shopping list
- 2 cups semolina shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon baking power shopping list
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons rose flower water shopping list
- 1 tablespoon orange flower water shopping list
- 7 tablespoons water shopping list
- date filling: shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups chopped dates shopping list
- 6 tablespoons butter shopping list
- Cook dates with butter over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Mash shopping list
- occasionally until dates are completely pureed. Cool before filling. shopping list
- date filling is traditionally used with a flat maamoul mold, rather shopping list
- than the rounded variety. shopping list
How to make it
- Melt butter and cool slightly.
- Mix flour, semolina, salt, baking powder and sugar together.
- Rub melted butter into dough with fingertips until it is like fine soft meal. Cover bowl and let it rest overnight.
- Combine flower waters with 7 tablespoons water and
- sprinkle over the dough. Toss lightly with a fork to distribute
- liquid evenly. Mix until just combined, like pie dough.Knead 12 -15 times.
- Dust maamoul molds well with flour. Invert and tap gently to remove excess flour. Estimate the amount of dough need to fill maamoul mold and make a ball of dough.
- Flatten it out slightly and place a good tablespoon of filling in
- center. Close dough around filling to cover it. Pack ball into
- mold. Level off cookie even with the lip of the mold. Be sure you
- have not revealed filling or it will stick to the pan as it bakes.
- Tap cookies out onto the work area with a sharp firm hit to the
- top of the mold. Transfer cookies to baking sheet with a spatula.
- Bake at 300 to 325deg F about 12 minutes, until barely colored.
- Cool.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
This one will be for my hubby. He loves dates. I do not have a proper forming device but I am certain I can get around that obstacle. Thank you once more Ahmed!!!
lor
in Toronto loved it
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love mamoul...
chezzane
in loved it
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These cookies are wonderful. I must say I have a date pie recipe with a similar dough and we love it. 5 stars from me, شكرا جزيلا
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