Levantine · Pastry

Semolina Walnut Cakes

Name: Semolina Walnut Cakes
Total time: 6 h 23 min
Yield: Makes about 20 cakes
Cuisine: Levantine
Ingredients: 280 g fine semolina; 55 g caster sugar; 125 g butter; 125 ml milk; ¼ tsp baking soda; 85 g walnuts, coarsely ground; 2 tbsp caster sugar; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 60 g icing sugar, for coating

Short, buttery semolina cookies with a cinnamon walnut centre, rested overnight so the dough turns tender and pliable. Bake them pale and roll in icing sugar.

YieldMakes about 20 cakes
Hands-on1 h
Total6 h 23 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

280 gfine semolina
55 gcaster sugar
125 gbutter
125 mlmilk
¼ tspbaking soda

Walnut filling

85 gwalnuts, coarsely ground
2 tbspcaster sugar
½ tspground cinnamon

To finish

60 gicing sugar, for coating

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Tree nuts
Walnut
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Cinnamon
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crunchy

Equipment

Oven

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining
Holiday

Effort

45–90 min active
Over 3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: moderate

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