[Sca-cooks] Ma'mool Recipe

[Elise Fleming]

Greetings.  From Helen Corey's _Food from Biblical Lands_ comes this
recipe for "ma'mool", or "nut-filled cakes".

1 1/2 cups clarified butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon orange flower water

Blend together the butter and sugar.  Add the milk and flour and
knead well.  (She uses a food processor and gets a perfect blend.)
Form dough into small round balls, 2 inches in circumference.  Make
an indentation and fill with 1 teaspoon nut mixture.  (See below.)
Close the top, sealing dough together.  Place in ma'mool mold to
form pattern on bottom.  With fingers, flatten top of dough.  Tap
mold to release ma'mool.  Place on ungreased baking tray.

Preheat oven to 325 F.  Place tray on middle shelf of oven and bake
for 15 minutes.  Then move tray to upper shelf of oven and bake
another 5 minutes.  When cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar.  Yield:
28 cakes.

Filling:  Combine the following ingredients:

2 cups ground English walnuts
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons clarified butter
1 teaspoon orange blossom water

Don't know about the "period-icity", but they certainly do taste
good!

Alys Katharine