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Ingredients

• ¾ cup ghee or clarified butter
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1 large egg (room temperature)
• 2 tsp orange blossom water (or vanilla extract)
• 1 ¼ cup semolina flour
• 1 ¼ Cups all-purpose flour (plus more as needed to finish the dough and coat the molds, if using)
• 2 tsp mahleb (optional; replace with flour if not using)
• 1-3 tbsp milk (any fat content level, at room temperature)
• ¼ Cups confectioners’ sugar (for finishing)
• ▢ 10 oz date paste (or 20 pureed pitted Medjool dates)