Turkish Date-Filled Semolina Cookies | Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street | Recipes, TV and Cooking T

Ingredients

• For the dough:
• 170 grams (1 cup) semolina flour
• 130 grams (1 cup) all-purpose flour
• 54 grams (¼ cup) white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon table salt
• 141 grams (10 tablespoons) cold salted butter, cut into 1-tablespoon pieces
• 60 grams (¼ cup) plain whole-milk yogurt or 45 grams (3 tablespoons) plain whole-milk Greek yogurt mixed with 1 tablespoon water
• ½ teaspoon grated orange zest
• For the filling:
• 454 grams (1 pound) pitted dates
• 28 grams (2 tablespoons) salted butter, cut into 4 pieces
• 2 teaspoons grated orange zest, plus 1 or 2 tablespoons orange juice, if needed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• For shaping and finishing:
• Extra-virgin olive oil or neutral oil, if needed for greasing
• 40 grams (¼ cup) sesame seeds, if not using a kömbe mold
• Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)