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- From: <NORVELLE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> Alisa Norvelle
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Lebanese Date Cookies
- Date: 21 Apr 1995 10:52:13 -0600
- Organization: UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
- Message-ID: <3n8nrt$8ou@mack.rt66.com>
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- Lebanese Date Cookies
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- 6 C flour
- 2 C butter
- 1/2 C sugar
- <1 C warm milk
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- 4-5 C pitted dates
- 1/4 C milk
- 4 T butter
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- Mix the flour and the sugar. Cut the butter into the butter/sugar mixture.
- I use my fingers because you want it to be pretty fine. It should be like
- meal. Add the milk a little at a time, until you get a nice dough.
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- Meanwhile, put the dates, milk & butter into a pan over medium heat until
- the dates are nice and gooshy. If they get dry, add a bit more milk
- and a bit more butter and keep on cooking. They shouldn't take more than
- 15 or so minutes to be properly done.
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- When the dates are cool. Take some dough, roll it into a ball and then
- roll it into a snake. Flatten out the snake with the palm of your hand so
- that you have a ribbon about 2-1/2" wide. Squish a trail of dates down the
- middle of the dough ribbon. Tuck in the ends & fold up the sides, pinching
- the seam together gently. Cut the snake into 1 to 1-1/2" pieces and place
- on an ungreased baking sheet. Put the seam side down. Bake at 300 for
- 30 to 40 minutes. They should be just barely golden when done.
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- P.S.: This is the way to fix the cookies on non-holidays. If you want to
- fix the Easter cookies, purchase a mold at your local Middle Eastern
- grocer. Press the dough in the mold, fill with dates, tack on a
- bottom and hit the mold *thwack* on the counter to knock out the
- cookie. Bake as above. You can also prepare a filling of
- ground pistachios, sugar & rosewater and these are very tasty, too.
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