Ma'amoul bil Tamer (Lebanese Date Shortbread) | Saveur

Ma'amoul bil Tamer (Lebanese Date Shortbread) | Saveur

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These Lebanese shortbread cookies feature a buttery pastry scented with rose and orange blossom waters wrapped around a cinnamon and nutmeg-spiced date filling.

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups fine semolina
  • 1⁄2 cup flour
  • 12 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1⁄3 cup whole milk
  • 2 1⁄2 tbsp. rose water
  • 2 tsp. orange blossom water
  • 5 cups pitted dates
  • 10 tbsp. unsalted butter, cubed and chilled
  • 2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 1⁄2 tbsp. grated nutmeg

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