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🍰 Maamoul – Arabic Date Cookies

532 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
  2. 2. Remove the dates from the stems.
  3. 3. Cut each date open on one side.
  4. 4. Carefully remove the hard pit from the date.
  5. 5. Pour the semolina into a large bowl.
  6. 6. Add salt and sugar to the semolina.
  7. 7. Warm the milk in a pot over medium heat.
  8. 8. Let the butter melt in the warm milk.
  9. 9. Pour the lukewarm milk and butter mixture onto the semolina.
  10. 10. Knead the ingredients together to form a firm dough.
  11. 11. Roll the dough into small balls.
  12. 12. Make sure the dough balls are about twice as big as the dates.
  13. 13. Press a small indentation into each dough ball with your finger.
  14. 14. Place a pitted date into the indentation.
  15. 15. Close the dough around the date.
  16. 16. Reshape the filled ball into a smooth sphere.
  17. 17. Flatten the ball to form a cookie.
  18. 18. Press patterns into the surface using the tines of a fork.
  19. 19. Place the cookies close together on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
  20. 20. Bake the cookies in the oven for about 15 minutes.
  21. 21. Remove the cookies when they are golden yellow.
  22. 22. Ensure the cookies stay light in color, similar to vanilla crescent cookies.
  23. 23. Lightly dust the finished cookies with powdered sugar.

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