Snack · 60 min · middle-eastern

Date Maamoul

Middle Eastern flavors, weeknight effort. Flour meets semolina in a 60-minute snack worth keeping in rotation. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 6 grams of protein per serving. Simple enough for a Tuesday, good enough to serve to guests — that is the whole idea.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups Flour
• 1/2 cup Semolina
• 1 cup Butter
• 1 lb Dates
• 1 tsp Mahlab
• 1/4 cup Powdered sugar
• 1 tsp Rose water

Steps

1. Rub the softened butter into the flour, semolina, and mahlab until it feels like damp sand; rest 30 minutes.
2. Knead in splashes of rose water until the dough holds together without cracking.
3. Mash the pitted dates with a spoonful of warm water into a thick, smooth paste.
4. Flatten a walnut-size piece of dough, wrap it around a teaspoon of date paste, and seal.
5. Press into a maamoul mold or pinch decorative patterns with tweezers — the pattern is the signature.
6. Bake at 350°F for 18 to 20 minutes, until just set and pale gold, never browned.
7. Cool completely, then dust generously with powdered sugar.

Build my plan — free

Share this recipe

Know someone who would love this? Send it their way.

Copy link

You might also like

← All recipes