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Mamool
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Mamool

25 ingredients Makes 30 cookies openrecipes
Mamool

This is a Middle Eastern dessert that is served in most of the Middle East during Eid, Christmas and Easter.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1044
Calories
21g
Protein
42g
Fat
151g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 15 ingredients — the other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pistachio 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) 159
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Date 1 date (24g) medjool 66
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Semolina not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Rose not in our table 0
Flower not in our table 0
Anise not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Make sure you have the wooden shape Mamool molder (specifically for these sweets).
  • DOUGH (recipe is for 45 Mamool pastries):
  • 1 kg rough semolina
  • 1/2 kg ground semolina
  • 600 grams of shortening
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp yeast
  • 1/4 cup Orange Blossom Water
  • 1 1/4 cup rose water
  • Depending on the filling you want to make, the ingredients are below. If you want to make all the fillings, you have to repeat the dough ingredients for each filling:
  • WALNUT FILLING:
  • 3/4 kg finely chopped walnuts
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp flower water
  • Mix all the ingredients for the walnut filling together.
  • For the pistachio filling you substitute pistachios for walnuts and you also add 1 tsp Orange blossom water
  • DATE FILLING:
  • 1/2 kg of mashed and pureed dates
  • 2 tbs vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbs grinded anise seeds
  • 1/2 tbs mahlab (Arabic spice)
  • Mix all the ingredients for the date filling together.
  • For more Middle Eastern and international recipes go to www.cookican.com

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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