How to Make Lebanese Cookies - Maamoul Recipe



Around Easter and Eid Al Fitr, Levant people make a variety of sweets. Among them, maamoul, mamule, or mamul are the most well-known dish of all. These Lebanese cookies are stuffed with dates, pistachios, or walnuts for a sweet and nutty flavor.

Preparing Mamool is of major significance and is seen as a tradition. To cook these delicious delicacies in bulk for the big feast day, women from the same families and neighborhoods assemble in one kitchen. Here is how you can prepare them.

Ingredients you need

  • Semolina
  • Butter
  • Rose and blossom water
  • Yeast
  • Mahlab

How to prepare maamoul?

  • Start preparing the dough for these maamoul cookies one day in advance. Combine sugar, mahlab, coarse and fine semolina, and semolina. After that, add the butter and begin rubbing the semolina with your fingers for 10 minutes. After that, set the mixture aside till the following day.

  • After 24 hours, begin kneading while adding yeast, rosewater, and blossom water. Once the dough comes together and hardens, add water, one spoon at a time.

  • Keep the dough from resting. Make the cookies as soon as possible.

This is a simple way of making a Lebanese delicacy. You can also prepare them at your home with ease. Read the complete article at Why Not DIY to learn about the various fillings and get their food recipe. 

 

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