{"id":180,"date":"2005-11-25T20:46:42","date_gmt":"2005-11-26T01:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/?p=180"},"modified":"2008-04-25T01:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T08:39:00","slug":"maamoul-date-nut-filled-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/archives\/2005\/11\/25\/maamoul-date-nut-filled-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma’amoul (Dates & Pistachios Filled Cookies)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chanit of My Mom’s Recipes and More<\/a> left a comment on my blog last month. To return the compliments I visited her blog, and what I found was a very detailed recipe for mamoul (dates filled cookies) with photos<\/a>. I knew I had to try it. What attracted me to this recipe more than anything is the use of semolina<\/a> for dough. I did some googling on these famous Middle Eastern cookies<\/a> to know more about them and how they are made. Next, I went and bought the ingredients: fine Tunisian pitted dates<\/a>, pistachios and wooden ma’amoul mold from the only ethnic grocery store in our small town, Ghossians Mid East Bakery<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I did experiment with the recipe. First, I used ghee<\/a> instead of butter because ghee<\/a> is not only more flavorful and unlike butter has no unnecessary baggage. I reduced the ratio of all-purpose flour to semolina<\/a>. I also complimented the dates filling by adding pistachios. Finally I skipped the eggs. One more thing is I prepped the mamoul mold with ghee<\/a> so that when cookie dough pressed into the mold and reversed, it can come out easily without sticking to the mold. <\/p>\n

The final result of my experimentation was exquisite, one of a kind sweet cookies, the one I am going to make many more times from now on. A delicious paradox, they have a mildly sweet, crisp and grainy outside because of semolina and insides are moistly sweet and tender. Thanks Chanit<\/a>! It is little bit of time consuming to make these using the ma’amoul mold but I had time and so happy with the beautiful outcome.<\/p>\n

\"Ma'amoul<\/center><\/p>\n

Recipe:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dough:<\/strong>
\n2 cups – semolina<\/a>
\n½ cup – all purpose flour (maida<\/em>)
\n½ cup – melted ghee<\/a>
\n½ cup – powdered sugar ( or more if you like sweet cookie covering)
\n1 tablespoon – rose water
\n1 teaspoon – active dried yeast melted in 1 tablespoon of luke warm water
\nPinch of salt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Melt the ghee<\/a> and cool it to room temperature. Sift the all purpose flour(maida<\/em>) and mix it with semolina<\/a> and ghee<\/a>. Add the yeast water, rose water, powdered sugar and salt. Mix and make a dough by adding little bit of water. Set aside for about 3 hours, covered, to rest.<\/p>\n

\"Cookie \"Making<\/center><\/p>\n

Dates- Pistachios Filling:<\/strong>
\n2 cups – fresh soft-pitted dates
\n½ cup shelled pistachios
\n¼ cup – powdered cane sugar
\n1 teaspoon – rose water
\nand Ma’amoul mould to press and shape the cookies<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a food processor, take pistachios and powder to fine. Then add the dates, sugar and rose water. Blend them together into fine paste. Remove to a cup.<\/p>\n

\"Ma'amouls \"Ma'amouls<\/center><\/p>\n

Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

After 3 hours of rest, knead and divide the dough into lime sized balls. Flatten each ball using your hand and lift the sides up to form a hollow. It is now ready for the filling. Place one tablespoon of dates-pistachios filling into the hollowed dough. Close the dough over the dates mixture. Press the edges to seal well. Press it into the ma’amoul mold to give it a decorated appearance. Reverse the mold; gently shake to loosen it from the mold. Prepare each one in this way and place them neatly in rows, on a greased\/parchment paper lined baking tray.<\/p>\n

Place the tray in a preheated oven at 350° F and bake for about 20 minutes. I reversed the cookies to the opposite side after 10 minutes in the oven for even baking. After 20 minutes or when they turn lightly golden, remove them from the oven and let them cool. <\/p>\n

\"Ma'amouls<\/center><\/p>\n

Ma’amoul (Dates-Pistachios Filled Cookies) ~ Delicate, rose flavored and naturally sweet. Our Thanksgiving treat and contribution to this month’s SHF-IMBB Cookie-Swap<\/a> event.<\/p>\n

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Chanit of My Mom’s Recipes and More left a comment on my blog last month. To return the compliments I visited her blog, and what I found was a very detailed recipe for mamoul (dates filled cookies) with photos. I knew I had to try it. What attracted me to this recipe more than anything […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,79,117,90,77,89,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-purpose-flour","category-dateskharjuram","category-ghee","category-sugar","category-pistachios","category-sugar-jaggery-and-honey","category-sujisemolina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nandyala.org\/mahanandi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}