Date Maamoul Fingers

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 cups semolina
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp orange blossom water
• 1 cup pitted dates
• powdered sugar (for dusting)
• Date maamoul fingers recipe by a cook and friend of Shou Tabkhin Alyoum:
• Umm Taha Al-Hamwi
• Click Umm Taha's name to visit her page on our site and enjoy her recipes
• For more desserts from Umm Taha see: Maamoul Tart

Method

1. - Begin by mixing the milk with the butter in a deep pan over medium heat
2. Keep the mixture on the heat until it begins to boil
3. Also mix the flour, semolina and sugar with a wooden spoon to prevent lumps
4. Gradually add the milk-and-butter mixture to the flour mixture, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon
5. Add the orange blossom water, then knead the ingredients with your fingertips until fully combined
6. Transfer the dough to another clean, dry bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 8 hours
   Timers: 480 min
7. Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking paper into a rectangle about 1 cm thick
8. Roll out the date filling to the same thickness separately, then place it on top of the dough and roll the dough into a log
9. Cut the date-and-dough log into equal-length pieces using a sharp knife
10. Preheat the oven to 170°C (338°F) and bake the maamoul fingers on the middle rack for 25 minutes
    Timers: 25 min
11. Let the date fingers cool slightly, then dust lightly with powdered sugar