Levantine · Pastry

Date Crescent Cookies

Name: Date Crescent Cookies
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: Makes about 30 crescents
Cuisine: Levantine
Ingredients: 375 g all-purpose flour; ½ tsp ground mahlab; 60 g butter, melted; 85 ml milk; 55 g sugar; 60 ml olive oil; 250 g dates, pitted; 60 g butter; 1 tsp rosewater

Small half-moon cookies of tender butter-and-oil pastry folded around a warm, rosewater-scented date paste. Not too sweet, and they keep well in a tin.

YieldMakes about 30 crescents
Hands-on50 min
Total1 h 25 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

375 gall-purpose flour
½ tspground mahlaboptional
60 gbutter, melted
85 mlmilk
55 gsugar
60 mlolive oil

Date filling

250 gdates, pitted
60 gbutter
1 tsprosewater

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Wheat
Stone fruits (any)
Cherry
Olive
Date
Rose petals
Mahlab
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Oven

Season

Any season

Occasion

Entertaining
Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: moderate
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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Ingredients

Dough

Date filling

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