Maamoul is made at the end of both Lent and Ramadan, leading up to Easter and Eid al Fitr. But this year, the biscuit is extra sweet as both religions enjoy it at the same time. This spring, along the ...

This year, with Easter and Eid Al-Fitr so close together, kitchens across the Levant and beyond will fill with the scent of rosewater and buttery semolina Dania Roumieh loves maamoul so much she wrote ...

Be it Easter or Eid, holidays in the Levantine region of the Middle East are incomplete without a shortbread cookie called maamoul. Stuffed with date paste or chopped walnuts or pistachios, and dusted ...

Jewish people eat these short bread cookies stuffed with date paste or chopped walnuts or pistachios and dusted with powdered sugar at Purim, while Christians enjoy them at Easter and Muslims serve ...

This easy Maamoul recipe will guide you through making authentic, melt-in-your-mouth Middle Eastern cookies that are especially popular during Easter and religious celebrations. Made with semolina ...

Around Easter, my social media feeds began marching out a steady parade of images featuring maamoul, the small filled pastries much loved in Lebanon, Syria and other swaths of the Levant. The ...

Damascus, SANA- Sweets preparations for Eid begin in most of the Syrian provinces as part of rituals inherited from fathers and grandfathers, which are revived in each city or countryside in their own ...

Maamoul cookies have always held a special place in my heart. The beautiful stuffed cookies were a staple in our family during special occasions, and now I've learned to recreate them using my mom's ...

Owner of Helwayat Al-Salam, Mitri Hanna Moussa. Mitri's family has been making maamoul for decades – even before they had an oven to bake them in. Sawsan Abu Farha, a Palentinian-Jordanian food ...