Maamoul with Dates (Date-Filled Cookies)

Name: Maamoul with Dates (Date-Filled Cookies)
Ingredients: 5 cups all-purpose flour (about 625 grams); 14 oz unsalted butter (400 grams); 2 eggs; 7 tablespoons powdered sugar; 1 tablespoon baking powder; Pinch vanilla extract; Filling; 1.1 lbs pitted dates (500 grams); 1 tablespoon simple syrup; 1 tablespoon ghee or unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon orange blossom water

حنان الشامي الحمصي @cook_4123546

لبنانية

Maamoul with Dates (Date-Filled Cookies)

حنان الشامي الحمصي @cook_4123546

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Ingredients

5 cupsall-purpose flour (about 625 grams)
14 ozunsalted butter (400 grams)
2eggs
7 tablespoonspowdered sugar
1 tablespoonbaking powder
Pinchvanilla extract
Filling
1.1 lbspitted dates (500 grams)
1 tablespoonsimple syrup
1 tablespoonghee or unsalted butter
1 tablespoonorange blossom water

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Steps

1

Combine the dry ingredients and mix them together.
2

Add the eggs and rub the mixture with your fingertips.
3

Add the softened butter and continue rubbing the mixture until you get a soft, cohesive dough.
4

Fill the dough with the date mixture and chill the maamoul in the refrigerator for 1 hour before baking.
5

Bake in the oven.