Maamoul (Lebanese Date Cookies) Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups semolina flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon ground mahlab
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup clarified butter, at room temperature
• 5 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 4 tablespoons orange blossom water, or more as needed
• 10 tablespoons date paste (such as Ziyad®), cut into small pieces
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, or to taste