Maamoul (Date filled Cookies)

Maamoul (Date Cookies)

Maamoul is a Date filled Cookies very popular in Middle East. These are crispy filled with date stuffing. This can be easily stored in room temperature for couple of weeks. Most popular filling are with Dates, Walnuts and Pistachios.

In traditional recipe after baking confectioner sugar is coated. I skipped this step. Traditionally orange blossom / rose water/ spiced powder are used as flavour. You may use any of these flavours.

There are mold available to make Maamoul but I didn't have...so just kept the filling and baked.

I came to know about these cookies from a fb group where we share only Healthy Baking with healthy flour and healthy sweetner.

You may even use baking powder in case you don't have yeast.

Ingredients:

Fine Semolina / Choriye rava- 1 cup

Whole wheat flour- 1/2 cup

Instant active yeast - 1/2 tsp

Butter- 1/2 cup

Oil- 1/4 cup

Jaggery powder - 1/4 cup

Rose water - 1.5 tsp

Pitted dates - 25 nos

Milk - 1/4 cup

Method:

# Mix semolina, wheat flour, yeast, jaggery powder. (dry ingredients)

# Cream butter and sugar. Mix oil, rose water to the creamed butter. (wet ingredients)

# Add dry ingredients with wet ingredients with milk to form a dough. Cover the dough for 1/2 hr. 

# Microwave dates for 30 sec and pulse it in mixie or use food processor to form a smooth mass.

# Make small balls of the date filling.

# Take a small marble size ball flaten it keep the filling. Bring the edges together and slightly press. I just gave impression with a fork.

# # Meanwhile preheat microwave convection oven @ 180'c.

# Grease a baking tin arrange the cookies.

# Bake at 180'c for 15 minutes.

# Allow them to cool on wire rack.

Store the Maamoul / Date Cookies in an Airtight container.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank U!

Can follow me in twitter @Kavita_Ramki

Koo - @kavita_r

Instagram - kavita_sriram