Walnut and Date Maamoul

Walnut and date maamoul — a tried-and-true homemade recipe. Maamoul is the number-one sweet for Eid. You can dust powdered sugar over the walnut maamoul after it cools.

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Maamoul dough

3 cups coarse semolina3 cups fine semolina3 cups ghee (clarified butter)1 tablespoon mahleb1/4 cup rose water1/4 cup orange blossom water1/2 cup liquid milk1/2 tablespoon yeast

Walnut filling

Chopped walnutsSugar syrup (qater)SugarOrange blossom water and rose water

Date filling

Pitted dates, ground or mashed and mixed with unsalted butterTo make the walnut baklava from Rana, see the link Almond baklava recipeMaamoul filled with marseban (sugar paste) is also delicious — click the link Maamoul with marseban filling recipe

Step 1

In a deep bowl, put all the dry ingredients, add the ghee and rub it in so the semolina absorbs it.

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Almond baklava recipe
Maamoul with marseban filling recipe

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