Date Cookies
By: Mimi Cooks
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 10:48am

Ingredients




3 1/2 pounds to four  pitted, soft dates. Found at stores around the Middle Eastern stores in
cup Less than ⅓  olive oil to knead the dates with
2 tablespoons Tablespoons Fennel, 2 Tablespoons Anise Seeds and 1  grounded Add the seasoning you are using, add the olive oil then knead the dough to a smooth finish

Shape the date into cylinder pieces, about 4 or 5 inches long

Set aside until you get the dough ready

For the Dough, you need:

5 pounds all purpose flour
1 cup to 2  Ferine (Semolina flour)
Seasoning contains:

2 tablespoons each of:
Toasted sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, whole Anise Seeds,
tablespoon Two  instant yeast
5 cups cooking oil (corn or canola)
1 1/2 cups water- added gradually

Preparation

1 Mix all ingredients and knead together until they form soft dough. 2 You may need to add less or more water to reach the consistency you feel is right. 3 The dough has to be on the soft side and flexible 4 To fill your cookies, cut the dough into a small ball size, spread on a flat surface, fill with the dates, be generous with the filling, close and roll out like sticks and shape into a medium round doughnut shape. 5 Bake into a 450 Fahrenheit degree oven until golden brown in color 6 Let cool then store in air tight containers up to a month 7 Enjoy with tea or coffee

About


In the Middle East there are many varieties of cookies that are typically made during the religious festivities. Many of these cookie varieties are filled with lots of goodies such as dates, walnuts, pistachios and much more. Today I am listing a recipe for Date filled cookies that is easy to prepare and just plain delicious.

Comments:
Chris Paulk

5 lbs of flour?  - makes 4 dz cookies? are they inner tube size?