Date Cookies
Instructions
Dough Preparation:
Mix all the ingredients together. Rub with semolina flour and butter well. cover the dough and leave aside for at least 6 hours so the semolina absorbs all the butter. You may keep the dough up to 24 hours.
After 6 hours or so, add the yeast to the dough and mix well with your hands. You should add the yeast with the water gradually until the dough becomes soft and holds together to form a ball.
Shape the dough into small or medium balls, depending on the size of your molds.
Knead the dates with spices and oil. Shape them into a small balls
Fill the dough with the dates. Use a wood or plastic mold to shape the cookie. Usually the circular mold is used to make the date cookies.
You may use a special tweezers to decorate the cookies, but this takes a lot of skill and time.
