Maamoul Recipe
Maamoul is a Middle Eastern date filled cookie that is popular around Ramadan.
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Servings: 40 cookies
Calories: 130kcal
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 kg Semolina fine
- 1½ cups Ghee melted
- ½ cup Butter melted
- ¼ cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 cup Powdered Milk
- ¾ tsp Mastic ground
- 1 tsp Ginger ground
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tbsp Yeast
- 1 tsp Sugar for yeast
- ¼ cup Water
- ½ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Orange Blossom Water
- ½ cup Rosewater
Filling
- 1 kg Date Paste
- 1 tbsp Cinnamon
- ½ tsp Cardamom
Instructions
Dough
- In a small bowl mix the yeast, 1 tsp sugar, and ¼ cup water. Set aside.
- In a bowl mix the semolina, ghee, butter, and vegetable oil. Let sit for ten minutes.
- Mix the flour, powdered milk, mastic, ginger, and baking powder into the semolina mixture.
- Add the yeast mixture, the ½ cup sugar, orange blossom water, and rosewater.
- Knead until a dough forms.
- Cover and place in the refrigerator for 50 minutes.
Filling
- Mix the date paste with the cinnamon and cardamom. Add a little hot water if necessary to make the date mixture more pliable.
- Preheat oven to 450°F (230°C).
Making the Maamoul
- Make roughly 40 balls out of the dough, and 40 smaller balls of the date mixture.
- Press the date mixture into the dough and cover the bottom so the date does not show.
- Press dough and date filling into a maamoul mold. (If you do not have one, flatten the dough and filling until it resembles a filled cookie.) Place on a baking sheet.
- Bake Maamoul until edges are browned, five to ten minutes.
- Remove from oven when done and cool on the tray before moving the Maamoul to a cooling tray.
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Nutrition
Serving: 40pieces | Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 32mg | Potassium: 59mg | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.2mg