makes
24
prep
30 minutes
cook
10 minutes
difficulty
Easy
makes
24
serves
preparation
30
minutes
cooking
10
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 cup ghee
- ½ cup icing sugar
- ¼ tsp mahlepi powder
- ½ tsp rosewater
- ½ tsp orange blossom water
Date filling
- 500 g date paste
- 1 tbsp ghee
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
Resting time: 10 minutes
Instructions
- To begin, work ghee into icing sugar using your hands in a large bowl.
- Once mixed, add plain flour and mahlepi powder, ensuring you use your fingers to crumble the pieces until they begin to stick together.
- When mixing is almost complete, add rose water and orange blossom water, form into a large ball of dough within the bowl and allow to rest while covered.
- For the date filling, in a separate bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix well in a similar fashion using your hands until the texture runs much smoother.
- Begin to roll balls of the dough and date filling about 2.5 cm in diameter and lay out on a tray.
- To make your maamoul pieces, flatten a dough ball against your palm, place a ball of date filling within and roll until the surface has been completely covered with dough.
- Once all maamoul pieces are rolled, flatten slightly against a pan and place in a fan-forced oven at 200°C for 10 minutes.
- Remove the maamoul pieces from the oven and allow to rest before topping with icing sugar and sharing with all your friends and family.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
