Dessert

Date maamoul cookies

Name: Date maamoul cookies
Total time: 60 min
Yield: ~24 pieces
Ingredients: 300 g fine semolina Couscous semolina; 50 g Flour; 150 g melted Butter; 250 g pitted Dates; 1 tbsp Eau de fleur d'oranger; 1/2 tsp Baking powder; for dusting Sucre glace

Preparation time: 1 h
Servings: ~24 pieces

Ingredients

~24 pieces

Couscous semolina — to buy300 g fine semolina
Flour — to buy50 g
Butter — to buy150 g melted
Dates — to buy250 g pitted
Eau de fleur d'oranger — to buy1 tbsp
Baking powder — to buy1/2 tsp
Sucre glace — to buyfor dusting

Preparation

Mix the semolina, flour and melted butter, then let the dough rest for 2 hours at room temperature so the semolina fully absorbs the butter.
Prepare the filling by blending pitted dates with a little butter until smooth.
Add the orange blossom water and a pinch of baking powder to the dough, knead briefly.
Shape balls of dough, hollow out the center, fill with date paste, then close and smooth over.
Press each ball into a carved wooden mold or shape it by hand into a dome and mark with a fork.
Bake for 15-18 minutes at 180°C (350°F) until the base is golden, let cool, then dust with icing sugar.