Lebanese Easter cookies

Maamoul: An Ancient Cookie That Ushers In Easter And Eid In The Middle East

April 15, 2017

By Arab America

By AMY E. ROBERTSON NPR Be it Easter or Eid, holidays in the Levantine region of the Middle East are incomplete without a shortbread cookie called maamoul. Stuffed with date paste or chopped walnuts or pistachios, and dusted with powdered sugar, these buttery cookies are the perfect reward after a month of fasting during Ramadan … Continued

Mediterranean Cooking from the Garden with Linda Dalal Sawaya—Easter celebrations with traditional Mamoul cookies

March 30, 2016

By Linda Dalal Sawaya

mamouls—totally fabulous Easter cookies © linda dalal sawaya 2016 These traditional Easter cookies are made in Lebanon and other parts of the Levant in press molds called ‘aalib. My beloved mother, Alice, and grandmother (sitto or teta in Arabic) preferred to devise their own method of decorating these scrumptious walnut-filled cookies—Mother says it was out … Continued

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