Ka'ak bil Ma'amoul (Date-Stuffed Ring Cookies) | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
• 1 ¹⁄₄ cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup olive oil, plus more for greasing
• ³⁄₄ cup fine semolina
• ¹⁄₂ cup water, heated to 115°
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tbsp. orange blossom water
• 1 tbsp. ground anise
• 2 tsp. plus 1 tbsp. sugar
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. active dry yeast
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. nigella seeds
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. ground mahlab
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. toasted sesame seeds
• 8 oz. pitted medjool dates
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. unsalted butter
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ¹⁄₄ tsp. ground cardamom
• ¹⁄₈ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
• ¹⁄₈ tsp. ground cloves