🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia cuisine · #19

Maamoul

Maamoul
Time75 min
Serves30
Ingredients8

Semolina cookies filled with dates, pistachios or walnuts, pressed in wooden moulds and served at Eid with coffee.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Rub semolina and flour well with ghee; cover and rest for 2 hours or overnight.
  2. Add sugar, yeast, rose water and milk and knead gently.
  3. Shape balls and enclose a small ball of date paste in each.
  4. Press into the mould and tap out onto a tray.
  5. Bake at 180°C for 15–20 minutes until just golden underneath.