Mamoul (Eid biscuits)

Dessert Saudi Arabian

Follow the exact measurements and instructions below.

Ingredients

Plain Flour300g
Semolina200g
Sunflower Oil25g
Unsalted Butter250g
Milk50 ml
Icing Sugar60g

Instructions

Step 1: Mix butter with sugar until creamy.

Step 2: Add oil flour and semolina and mix.

Step 3: Add warm milk and don't knead too much

Step 4: Cover and leave aside for an hour or less until you prepare the filling

Step 5: For the dates filling, fry some sesame in a pan then add butter. Add the dates paste and mixed well with sesame and butter. Then add a little bit of water until it's mushy. Be careful don't make it too mushy.

Step 6: Take it of the pan, put in a plate until it's cool. Then start to shape balls that weigh 15 gm.

Step 7: Refrigerate for 1/2 an hour.

Step 8: Get back to the dough and shape it as balls that weigh 30 gm.

Step 9: Take the date filling out of the fridge and start to stuff each dough ball with dates ball.

Step 10: Then use the mamoul mould to give it this shape.

Step 11: In a preheated oven 180 degrees, put it for 20 minutes until golden from below and little bit golden from above.