The Lebanese Bakery Maamouls

Maamoul are a buttery date filled middle eastern cookie which melt in your mouth and are delicious. Naturally sweetened with dates these have minimal added sugar.

THE FILLING

Ingredients

• Date stoned 500 grs
• Nutmeg 2 grs
• Butter 50 grs

Method

• Chop the dates and place in a mixing bowl, with nutmeg and soft butter.
• Mix well to form a paste.
• Divide the paste and roll into balls of 12 grs each.

Note: Wet your hands to prevent the paste from sticking.

BUILDING A MAAMOUL PIECE

With damp hands, flatten a ball of 20 grs of dough in the palm of one hand, turning it around as you go lifting the edges to form a little cup.

Fill in with a ball of date filling, about 12 grs.

Pinch the dough over the filling to seal and roll each into a ball.

Use small pinching tongs to make decorative patterns into the.

Bake in a preheated oven at 150°C for 12 minutes.

Remove from the oven, leave to cool completely.