Mamoul (Eid biscuits)
Traditional Saudi Eid dessert: sesame-studded, date-filled biscuits made from a dough of butter, semolina, plain flour, and milk, shaped with a mamoul mold and baked until golden.
Steps
- 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 sesame in a pan, then add butter. Add the dates paste and mix well with sesame and butter. Then add a little water until it's mushy; be careful not to make it too mushy.
- 6
Take it from the pan, put on a plate until it's cool. Then start to shape balls that weigh 15 g.
- 7
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 8
Return to the dough and shape it into balls that weigh 30 g.
- 9
Take the date filling from the fridge and stuff each dough ball with the date filling. Then use the mamoul mould to give it this shape.
- 10
Preheat the oven to 180°C 180 °C · 356 °F · Gas 4 · Medium heat and bake for 20 minutes until golden on the bottom and lightly golden on top.
