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Ma'amoul

↳ from Damascus, Syria

Buttery semolina cookies stuffed with dates, pistachios or walnuts, shaped in wooden moulds for Eid and Easter.

History

Ma'amoul is an old Levantine pastry, baked by Muslims for Eid and by Christians for Easter.

Ingredients

  • Semolina
  • Flour
  • Butter
  • Dates
  • Pistachios
  • Walnuts
  • Rose water
  • Icing sugar

How it's made

  1. Rub butter into semolina and rest
  2. Make a filling of dates or nuts
  3. Fill small balls of dough
  4. Press into a wooden mould and tap out
  5. Bake and dust with icing sugar

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