Authentic Ma'amoul Recipe Lebanon, Asia

Name: Ma'amoul
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: FOR THE DOUGH; 2 cups semolina; ½ cup white flour; ½ cup sugar; 1 tsp instant yeast; ⅛ tsp salt; ½ cup melted ghee, cooled but still liquid; 4 tsp orange blossom or rose water, or a combination; ½ cup water; DATE FILLING; 13 ounces pitted dates, puréed, or date paste (aka “baking dates”); 2 tbsp water, as needed; 1 tbsp orange blossom or rose water; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; WALNUT FILLING; 2¼ cups finely chopped walnuts; ½ cup sugar; 3 tbsp orange blossom water or rose water; icing sugar, for dusting

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