Date Maamoul

Date Maamoul : The Lebanese and Syrian holiday shortbread cookie, filled with cinnamon date paste. A semolina dough that is wonderfully melting.

• 12 servings
• Preparation 40 min
• Cooking 20 min
• Total 60 min
• Level medium
• Devices TM7 · TM6 · TM5

Ingredients : date maamoul

• 300 g fine semolina
• 150 g all-purpose flour
• 180 g melted butter
• 60 ml lukewarm milk
• 1 tbsp orange blossom water
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 350 g date paste
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 30 g powdered sugar

Preparation : date maamoul

1. Put the semolina, flour, butter, sugar, milk and orange blossom water in the bowl.
2. Knead until the dough is even, then let rest for 1 hour. 1 minspeed dough
3. Work the date paste with the cinnamon and shape into small balls.
4. Take a ball of dough, hollow it out, place a ball of dates inside, close it up and press into a maamoul mold.
5. Bake for 20 minutes at 170°C (340°F), without letting them brown.
6. Dust with powdered sugar once cooled.

Storage: 2 weeks in an airtight container.

You can make this dish stress free with simple ingredients. Allow about 60 minutes in total. All settings (time, temperature, speed and rotation direction) work on the Thermomix TM5, TM6 and TM7. Follow the steps in order and the result will turn out well. You can also download the recipe as a PDF or copy it to Cookidoo and cook it right away.