Maamoul

Prep: 15 Minutes

Cook: 45 Minutes

Serves: 20 cookies

Estimated calorie: 200 calories per one

RECIPE BY: Sana Hounain

Dish Name: Maamoul

Dish Country:Mediterranean

Ingredients

Dough

28 oz of flour

1/2 cup of cornstarch

14 oz of butter

2 eggs

9 oz of powdered sugar

3.5 oz of oil

vanilla extract to taste

A pinch of salt

Filling

Steamed and ground dates

Sesame seeds whole

Ground almonds

Cinnamon

Orange blossom water

A little bit of butter

Step-By-Step Preparation

-In your stand mixer, start by mixing sugar, vanilla, salt, and softened butter first, then oil and eggs, then flour gradually.

-Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes

-To prepare the filling, steam pitted dates till they become soft, then grind them in the food processor into a paste, then add toasted sesame seeds, ground almonds, cinnamon, orange blossom water, and butter.

-Make balls of date mixture.

-Make balls of dough.

-Then makes holes into dough balls

-Insert the date balls, then close and make balls of the finished product.

-Press them with your choice of mold and bake them in a 365-degree oven middle rack for 20 minutes.

-Cookies do not need to brown.

-Take cookies out of the oven and let it cool completely.

-Sprinkle with powdered sugar.