Mamoul (Eid biscuits)

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Mamoul (Eid biscuits) is a classic sweet treat with semolina, unsalted butter and milk. It feels festive, nostalgic and easy to share, whether you serve it after dinner or with coffee, with a touch of sweetness.

Preparation time: 140 min

Ingredients

• Plain Flour – 300g
• Semolina – 200g
• Sunflower Oil – 25g
• Unsalted Butter – 250g
• Milk – 50 ml
• Icing Sugar – 60g

Method

1
Mix butter with sugar until creamy.
2
Add oil flour and semolina and mix.
3
Add warm milk and don’t knead too much
4
Cover and leave aside for an hour or less until you prepare the filling
5
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.
6
Take it of the pan, put in a plate until it’s cool. Then start to shape balls that weigh 15 gm.
7
Refrigerate for 1/2 an hour.
8
Get back to the dough and shape it as balls that weigh 30 gm.
9
Take the date filling out of the fridge and start to stuff each dough ball with dates ball.
Then use the mamoul mould to give it this shape.
10
In a preheated oven 180 degrees, put it for 20 minutes until golden from below and little bit golden from above.