
Ma'amoul - Easter Cookie
Ingredients
- MAMOUL
- 2 cups semolina
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cup melted ghee
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. orange blossom water
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- warm milk to the dough
- FILLING (choose one of these):
- DATES FILLING
- 1cup pitted dates
- 2 tbsp. soft butter
- WALNUTS AND PISTACHIOS FILLING
- 1/2 pound ground walnuts and pistachios
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- 1 tbsp. orange blossom water
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Melt the ghee and cool
- To make the filling, put the ingredients into a food processor and blend to a paste.
- Sift all purpose flour and mix with baking powder, semolina and ghee
- Add orange blossom water
- Set aside for about 2 hours resting( covered )
- Form little balls ( if you don't have the special mold) , about 3 cm., make a hole and fill the cookies.
- Place the cookies on non-stick baking sheets, bake for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden.
- Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool. When cool, dust with confectioners sugar.
Cook Time: 2 h
Level: Easy