Mamool

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  10 October 2010

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  a few days b4 eid we have a group of us making loads of these amongst other middle eastern cakes , it just makes the excitement more intense XD

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Ingredients

• Make sure you have the wooden shape Mamool molder (specifically for these sweets).
• DOUGH (recipe is for 45 Mamool pastries):
• 1 kg rough semolina
• 1/2 kg ground semolina
• 600 grams of shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp yeast
• 1/4 cup Orange Blossom Water
• 1 1/4 cup rose water
• Depending on the filling you want to make, the ingredients are below. If you want to make all the fillings, you have to repeat the dough ingredients for each filling:
• WALNUT FILLING:
• 3/4 kg finely chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp flower water
• Mix all the ingredients for the walnut filling together.
• For the pistachio filling you substitute pistachios for walnuts and you also add 1 tsp Orange blossom water
• DATE FILLING:
• 1/2 kg of mashed and pureed dates
• 2 tbs vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbs grinded anise seeds
• 1/2 tbs mahlab (Arabic spice)
• Mix all the ingredients for the date filling together.
• For more Middle Eastern and international recipes go to www.cookican.com

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 30 cookies

Preparation and cooking times

plus 10 hours letting the dough rise

Ingredients

• Make sure you have the wooden shape Mamool molder (specifically for these sweets).
• DOUGH (recipe is for 45 Mamool pastries):
• 1 kg rough semolina
• 1/2 kg ground semolina
• 600 grams of shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp yeast
• 1/4 cup Orange Blossom Water
• 1 1/4 cup rose water
• Depending on the filling you want to make, the ingredients are below. If you want to make all the fillings, you have to repeat the dough ingredients for each filling:
• WALNUT FILLING:
• 3/4 kg finely chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup of sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp flower water
• Mix all the ingredients for the walnut filling together.
• For the pistachio filling you substitute pistachios for walnuts and you also add 1 tsp Orange blossom water
• DATE FILLING:
• 1/2 kg of mashed and pureed dates
• 2 tbs vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbs grinded anise seeds
• 1/2 tbs mahlab (Arabic spice)
• Mix all the ingredients for the date filling together.
• For more Middle Eastern and international recipes go to www.cookican.com

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