[Sca-cooks] New gadget

[Elaine Koogler]

I don't suppose you have an actual recipe for these, do you?

Kiri

phoenissa at netscape.net wrote:

> Hi Olwen, & everyone!  I'm reading the list for the first time in a few days...sorry if someone else has replied to this post with the same thing I'm about to say, but with 200-odd messages to go through I didn't really have a chance to check :-/
> That's a great new gadget you picked up, but I'm afraid it's NOT a couscous mold!  :o) You could certainly use it for that if you want, but that's not what it's intended for.  It's actually a cookie mold - there's a special kind of cookie made in the Middle East called "mamoul," and it's usually made for Easter.  The flavorings vary; the dough is unsweetened (butter, flour, rosewater and orange blossom water), and it can be filled with a mixture of chopped dates and butter, or chopped nuts (walnuts or pistachios) with sugar and rosewater.  You take a bit of the dough and flatten it out into a cirle, put a spoonful of filling inthe middle, and close the dough over it, so it's a little round ball.  You then squish this ball into the mold so it's flat, and smash the mold on the table really hard to get the cookie to pop out :-)  The cookie has the same pattern as the mold, and you use a different mold for each type of filling so you can tell what's inside.  After they're baked, you
> sprinkle powdered sugar on top (except for the date ones).  Yum!!  They are wonderfully delicious, and tons of fun to make.  I've had these every year for my entire life, and can confidently say they are the most scrumptious cookies I've ever had :-)  (Making them is also even more fun than dyeing Easter eggs!)
>
> All right, I'm sure you've all learned more about mamoul than you ever wanted to know ;) sorry about that, folks.  Anyway, Olwen, if you can find a recipe for mamoul, you should give it a try!  Get more molds and invite people over for a cookie party...
>
> Have fun with your new toy! :-)
>
> Vittoria
>
> "Olwen the Odd" <olwentheodd at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Good day all.  I acquired a new toy at the Middle Eastern market the other
> >day and if you want to see it go
> >here;http://communities.msn.com/OlwensOddities/coatofarms.msnw?
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