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Maamoul Cookies / Date Filled Semolina cookies

21/09/2020 by Sujata Roy 18 Comments

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Maamoul cookies or date filled semolina cookies. A famous Arab dessert which is usually made on festival time. Mouth melting, scented and lightly sweetened date stuffed cookies taste divine.

These cookies can be made with different fillings, like dates, pistachios, walnuts, almond or fig. Cookie dough shaped with a wooden mould. And most interesting is it’s shape depends on filling so that people can recognize the filling by it’s shape. Date filled maamoul cookies are flat topped and round shaped, pistachio filled are oval shaped and walnut filled are dome shaped. I don’t have maamoul mould so used my sandesh mould and fork. Place the date filled balls on baking tray and press with any mould or fork to give shape.

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But now I have to order a maamoul mould. I will update the pictures when I can get it. You can get some more cookies recipe here.

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Ma’amoul (Arabic: معمول‎ [mɑʕmuːl] also spelled m’aamoul, m’amul, m’aamul) is a filled semolina cookie found in Arab regions made with dates, nuts such as pistachios or walnuts and occasionally almonds, or figs. Ma’amoul are usually made a few days before Christmas, Easter, or Eid, then stored to be served with Arabic coffee and chocolate to guests who come during the holiday. It is popular throughout the Arab world, especially in the Arabian peninsula. They may be in the shape of balls, domed or flattened cookies. They can either be decorated by hand or be made in special wooden moulds. Ma’amoul with date fillings are often known as menenas, and are sometimes made in the form of date rolls rather than balls or cookies. Source – Wikipedia

When Kalyani Sri who blog at Sizzlingtastebuds suggested the theme Emirati Eats for this week’s 265 #Foodiemonday bloghop, I immediately decided to share this maamoul cookies recipe. Because it is one of my most favourite cookie. Kalyani has a wonderful blog with many mouthwatering recipes. Her Sweet and salty digestive biscuit and Bangalore bakery style Om biscuits are in my list. I will try these recipes soon. Do visit her space for many healthy and delicious recipes.

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As I mentioned above these cookies are lightly sweetened and sprinkled with powdered sugar. But this step is optional. You can enjoy these delicious cookies without sprinkling sugar.

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Traditionally these cookies are flavoured with orange blossom water and rose water. But if you don’t have orange blossom water or rose water, you can still make these cookies. I have used rose essence and cardamom powder in the dough and orange essence in date filling. You can use cinnamon powder too. Pistachios, walnuts or fig can be used for filling instead of dates. Traditionally coconut are not used in these cookies but I have used 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut in the filling for taste. You can skip coconut or replace with pistachios or walnuts. I have used homemade melted ghee or clarified butter, you can use butter. If you are using salted butter omit salt.

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Recipe

Semolina or suji – 1 & 1/4 cup

All purpose flour or maida – 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar – 1/4 cup

Clarified butter/ghee or butter – 1/2 cup

Salt – a pinch

Milk – 1/4 cup

Rose essence – 1/2 teaspoon

Cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon

For filling

Dates – 3/4 cup, pitted

Clarified butter/ghee or butter – 1 teaspoon

Orange essence – 1/2 teaspoon

Desiccated coconut – 1 tablespoon, optional

Almond – 1 tablespoon

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Method

1. In a large bowl mix semolina or suji, all purpose flour or maida, baking powder, powdered sugar, cardamom powder and salt. Mix with your hand.

2. Now add milk and rose essence. Knead to make a smooth dough. Cover and keep aside for 30 minutes.

3. Grind the almond. You can dry roast the almonds before grinding.

4. Grind dates into smooth paste. In a bowl mix ground almonds, dates, desiccated coconut, ghee or clarified butter and orange essence. Make small balls and keep aside.

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5. Grease or line a baking tray with parchment paper. Preheat the oven at 180°.

6. Make balls with semolina or suji dough. Balls should be double in size than date balls.

7. Flatten the ball with your palm. Place date ball in the middle. Close the edges and make ball again. Press gently with your palm.

8. Arrange the balls on greased or lined baking sheet. Press with a mould to make design or press with a fork.

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9. Bake the cookies for 20 – 25 minutes or till the cookies becomes light golden brown. For crispy cookies bake for a few minutes more or let it cool down in oven.

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10. Let the cookies cool down completely. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the cookies. Serve or store in airtight container for later use.

Notes

1. Walnut, pistachio or fig can be used for filling.

2. If you have orange blossom water use it instead of orange essence, rose essence and cardamom powder.

3. Butter can be used instead of ghee or clarified butter. If you are using salted butter skip salt.

4. Sprinkling of sugar is optional, you can skip this step.

If you tried my recipe, you can share your food pictures with me in the social network sites by using hashtag, #batterupwithsujata I would love to see your creations.

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Filed Under: Baked Delicacies, Dessert, Snack, Vegetarian, World Cuisine Tagged With: almond, Arabic dessert, baking, coconut, date filled cookies, delicious, easy recipe, flavoured cookies, maamoul cookies, mouth melting cookies, orange, rose, scented cookies, semolina cookies

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Comments

  1. Priya Vj says

    21/09/2020 at 1:05 PM

    Nice and crunchy cookies . The date filling must have given a nice and soft texture to the crisp cookies .. dessicated coconut based cookies are my favorite

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      21/09/2020 at 4:48 PM

      Thank you so much Priya!

      Reply
  2. poonampagar says

    22/09/2020 at 3:55 AM

    Date and nut filled semolina cookies look so delectable di ! I am sure they must have tasted heavenly.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      28/09/2020 at 10:37 PM

      Thanks Poonam!

      Reply
  3. sizzlingtastebuds says

    23/09/2020 at 9:04 AM

    you are a baking queen, Sujata 🙂 these cookies look absolutely sinful.. and I would love to try them soon… bookmarked to try!

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      23/09/2020 at 9:31 AM

      Thanks a lot Kalyani!

      Reply
  4. Anita Agarwalla says

    23/09/2020 at 12:25 PM

    Hello diiiii. Soooooo crunchy and delicious dates cookies .love this recipe. I definitely try this recipe. Thank you soooooo much for sharing this healthy cookies recipe with us..❤❤👌👌🙏🙏

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      23/09/2020 at 8:16 AM

      Thanks a lot dear. Glad you liked it. Please do try and let me know how it turns out 😍

      Reply
  5. mayurisjikoni says

    24/09/2020 at 5:48 PM

    The only thing that has stopped me from baking these delicious Mamoul is the lack of a suitable mould. Love how you’ve used a sandesh mould. These cookies look so tempting. I’ve had them in Dubai and love them.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      28/09/2020 at 10:36 PM

      Thank you so much Mayuri. You can also make these without any mould. Just gently flatten with your palm and bake.

      Reply
      • mayurisjikoni says

        29/09/2020 at 3:19 PM

        Will try that Sujata, just waiting for the fasting month to get over.

        Reply
  6. themadscientistskitchen says

    25/09/2020 at 4:51 PM

    I generally disappear when it comes to making cookies. These however are very interesting. I am curious n want to try them. Love the way you used sandesh mould to make the cookies.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      28/09/2020 at 10:33 PM

      Thanks a lot Archana. Please do try, I am sure you will love the taste. You can also make these without any mould. Just gently flatten with your palm.

      Reply
  7. preethi76 says

    26/09/2020 at 6:08 AM

    These date and nut stuffed cookies looks incredibly tempting. Love the idea of using sondesh mould to shape these yummy cookies.

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    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      28/09/2020 at 10:31 PM

      Thanks Preethi!

      Reply
  8. vasusvegkitchen says

    27/09/2020 at 5:40 PM

    I just want to grab all those cookies di, it looks super yummy. Loved the way you used sandesh mold to prepare these cookies. dates & coconut filling with orange flavors is amazing.

    Reply
    • Batter Up With Sujata says

      28/09/2020 at 10:31 PM

      Thanks a lot dear!

      Reply

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I am Sujata Roy. A homemaker, a blogger, a passionate cook, a recipe developer, a home baker, and lastly a foodie.

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