About this dish
Delicate semolina cookies filled with date paste or nuts, traditionally shaped with decorative molds.
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Ingredients
🌾3 cups fine semolina
🧈1 cup melted butter or ghee
🌰1 cup date paste or chopped walnuts
🍚Powdered sugar, for dusting
Method
Serves 41
Mix semolina with melted butter and let rest for several hours.2
Knead in a little water to form a soft dough.3
Fill small portions of dough with date paste or nut filling.4
Press into decorative molds to shape.5
Bake at 180°C (350°F) until lightly golden, then dust with powdered sugar.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Ma'amoul is a traditional Lebanese cookie, especially prepared for Easter and Eid celebrations, pressed in carved wooden molds.
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