Mein'amoul Cookie (Dates cookie). Maamoul cookies are the famous middle eastern shortbread pastries filled with dates or nuts. They are traditional at religious holidays in the Levantine region. And are made by hand or using special wooden molds to create different shapes - round like a ball, crescent form, shaped as a dome or flattened as a disc. Place cookie into the mold cavity seam-side up. Press down so that the top is flush with edges of the mold.

Invert the mold and tap it against your work surface to release the cookie. They are an ancient Arab dessert that are often made to celebrate Eid, the end of Ramadan. In a stand mixer with paddle attachment, mix together farina, AP flour, salt, sugar and butter. You can cook Mein'amoul Cookie (Dates cookie) using 27 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Mein'amoul Cookie (Dates cookie)

Prepare of For dough.
Prepare 500 gm of emolina fine.
You need 11/2cup of all-purpose flour.
It's 1/4cup of milk powder.
It's 1/4 cup of rose water.
It's 1/4cup of milk.
It's 150gm of ghee.
It's as required of Vegetable oil.
It's 1/2teaspoon of baking powder.
It's 1cup of powder sugar.
It's 1 tsp of Nut meg powder.
You need 2 tsp of vanila extract.
You need 1pinch of salt.
It's of For yeast mix.
You need 1/4cup of warm water.
It's 1 tsp of sugar.
You need 1 tsp of yeast.
You need of Dates filling.
Prepare 250gm of dates paste.
It's 2 tsp of oil.
You need of Pistachio filling.
You need 250gm of pistachio powder.
It's 6 tsp of sugar powder.
It's as required of Water.
Prepare of Almond and.
You need 100gm of almond powder.
Prepare 6 tsp of sugar powder.

Press dough in the palm of your hand to form a well in the center. Oatmeal Date Cookies that are chewy and soft in the center but crispy on the edges! These really are the perfect oatmeal cookie filled with chewy dates and crunchy pecans. You will love adding these to your holiday baking list! (Many thanks to Sunsweet for sponsoring this post!

Mein'amoul Cookie (Dates cookie) instructions

Mix semolina +150 gm ghee+ 1/4 cup oil.. mix well.. cover it and put in refrigerator overnight..
Next day add 1/4 cup rose water + nut meg powder +1 cup sugarpowder + all-purpose flour+ 1/4 cup milk+ Vanilla essence.
Take 1/4 cup warm water+yeast+ 1 tsp sugar. Mix all ingredients..
Pour this mixture into dough..
Keep aside for 1 hr..
Now prepare dates filling.. add dates paste + oil. And prepare smooth dough.. make small balls..
Now prepare pistachio filling. Pistachio powder + sugar + water. Make small balls.
Prepare almond and walnut filling. Almond + walnuts powder + sugar+ water. Make small balls.
Mow prepare small balls of semolina dough.
Take a semolina dough ball flatten it with hand and put a filling of your choice. Rape the semolina ball like Kachori around the filling..
You can give a shape of cookie as you like.
Bake all cookies in pre heat oven for 10 mins at 165 degree gas oven.
Cook the cookies until they turn light golden in color..

These cookies are made with flour that is scented with orange blossom water and rosewater and a touch of anise seeds. All of which beautifully compliment the cinnamon, cardamom and other spices in the date filling resulting in a cookie that is irresistibly middle eastern. Prick each cookie decoratively with a fork. Brush the tops with a little milk. Transfer immediately to a wire rack to cool.