Mamoul (Eid biscuits)

Mamoul (Eid biscuits) is a Dessert recipe from the Saudi Arabian tradition, as recorded in TheMealDB. The ingredients and the method below are the recorded ones. This site does not state preparation time, servings, difficulty or equipment, because the source does not record them.

Method

1. Step 1. 1
2. Step 2. Mix butter with sugar until creamy.
3. Step 3. 2
4. Step 4. Add oil flour and semolina and mix.
5. Step 5. 3
6. Step 6. Add warm milk and don't knead too much
7. Step 7. 4
8. Step 8. Cover and leave aside for an hour or less until you prepare the filling
9. Step 9. 5
10. Step 10. For the dates filling, fry some sesame in a pan then add butter. Add the dates paste and mixed well with sesame and butter. Then add a little bit of water until it's mushy. Be careful don't make it too mushy.
11. Step 11. 6
12. Step 12. Take it of the pan, put in a plate until it's cool. Then start to shape balls that weigh 15 gm.
13. Step 13. 7
14. Step 14. Refrigerate for 1/2 an hour.
15. Step 15. 8
16. Step 16. Get back to the dough and shape it as balls that weigh 30 gm.
17. Step 17. 9
18. Step 18. Take the date filling out of the fridge and start to stuff each dough ball with dates ball.
19. Step 19. Then use the mamoul mould to give it this shape.
20. Step 20. 10
21. Step 21. In a preheated oven 180 degrees, put it for 20 minutes until golden from below and little bit golden from above.

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