Homemade cookies with dates In different countries there are recipes for hot dishes and baked goods, which are prepared for the biggest holidays - wedding, Easter, Christmas, the end of Uraza (Muslim fast). Particularly reverent to their traditions are religious minorities living in countries where the majority population professes a different religion. For example, there are a lot of Christians in Lebanon, about 30% of the total population of the country, but it is still an Arab country. And the Lebanese Christians try not to lose their traditions, celebrating all the Christian holidays and preparing special festive dishes on this occasion. The cookies offered on this page with dates in Lebanon used to be baked for Easter, and over time they began to cook more often. In addition, that this sweet pastry is very tasty, it is also useful due to its filling. The dough turns out to be unusually "sandy", it just melts in the mouth. The appearance of the cookie is very homemade, it can easily be cooked with children and the process will turn into an exciting adventure.
Ingredients:- Groats manna 270 g
- Wheat flour 1 tbsp.
- Sugar 0.5 tbsp.
- Butter 200 g
- Dates of dried 200 g
- Eggs chicken 1 pc.
- Baking Powder 0.5 tsp.
- Salt 0.5 tsp.
- Step 1 For a short test, you need flour, semolina, butter and sugar, you can also take fresh dates for the filling.
- Step 2 Melt butter over low heat and allow it to cool.
- Step 3 Combine the flour, semolina, sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt.
- Step 4 Then pour in warm oil.
- Step 5 Stir the dough into a homogenous crumb and leave it for 6 hours or overnight at room temperature, so that the mancha swells.
- Step 6 Finiki to wash, dry, remove from them bones and stretch the flesh with a fork.
- Step 7 Add the egg to the dough - mix well, if you can not make balls from the dough, add a little more flour.
- Step 8 As a result, the dough should easily lag behind your hands, and be quite elastic.
- Step 9 Cover the baking tray with parchment paper. Pinch off small pieces of dough and form a cake from them, in the center of which lay out a filling of 1 tbsp.
- Step 10 Then turn the burrs in half and press down slightly with a fork.
- Step 11 Bake in a preheated to 180 ° C oven for 20-25 minutes until lightly ruddy. Serve warm.