Ma'amoul with Flour

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 282 g butter (about 1 1/4 cups)
• 1 small coffee cup of oil
• 1 small coffee cup rosewater or orange blossom water
• 1 tsp baking powder
• A pinch of mahleb
• Fillings:
• Date ma'amoul: ground dates + 1 tbsp butter + 1 tbsp orange blossom water or rosewater
• Walnut ma'amoul: finely chopped walnuts + sugar + 1 tbsp rosewater or orange blossom water
• This Ma'amoul with Flour recipe was shared by a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin El-Youm:
• Rasmieh Majdoub
• Click Rasmieh’s name to visit her page on our site and discover her wonderful recipes
• To try the awama (fried dough) recipe by Rasmieh as well click: How to Make Awama
• For a delicious recipe for Zeinab Fingers or macarons click:
• How to Make Zeinab Fingers (Makrout) or Macarons

Method

1. Begin by creaming the butter; add the sugar gradually, then add the oil and continue beating.
2. Add the flour, mahleb and baking powder gradually, add half the rosewater, then the remaining flour and bring the dough together until you have a soft, tender dough.
3. If it is dry, add the remaining rosewater and knead it together again.
4. Let the dough rest for only a quarter of an hour while you prepare the fillings.
5. Form the dough into balls, make a hollow in each, fill as desired and seal, then place each on the wooden ma'amoul mold so it takes the required shape.
6. Line the bottom of a baking tray with parchment paper and arrange the ma'amoul discs.
7. Place the tray in a hot oven at 180°C until the bottoms brown, then brown the tops until they are golden.
8. Dust powdered sugar over the walnut ma'amoul once cooled.
9. Rasmiyya Majdoub
10. To make awameh in Rasmiyya's style as well, click this link: How to make awameh
11. For a delicious, wonderful recipe for Zainab's fingers, click this link:
12. How to make Zainab's fingers dessert or the macaroon