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Mamoul, pronounced (ma’mul), and usually written in different ways, such as Maamoul and Mamula is a traditional Middle Eastern cookie filled with nuts and consumed throughout the year, but especially on special occasions and days holidays. Due to the nutritional value due to its abundance in nuts, children are often covered as a substitute for sugar cookies, and much less nutritional value they have offered.

Mamoul baklava to go, and usually together, as both are traditional Arab sweets and eat at the same time. Moreover, people tend to enjoy the taste of desire in the first place.
Most people in the Arab countries are familiar with the first but the second is only popular in some countries. The original version is a fully rounded cookie and fine semolina pistachio nuts, walnuts or dates. Versions of chopped walnuts and pistachios are full of sugar. This is a traditional cookie is hundreds of years and became popular in many countries around the world. The people are friendly, it is because nuts filling a healthy substitute for sugar cookies and chocolate, which are considered unhealthy for most people. This cookie from the Middle East seems very interesting from the standpoint of health.

On the other hand, “Mamoul mad,” the Lebanese to “flat pan” is a pistachio, walnuts, dates, or cream filling between layers of semolina dough is flattened. Coverage is denser than the original version and makes it sweeter and richer. Its bark is still very sensitive and tends to break easily.
To distinguish between different varieties, it is usually the model of biscuits filled with cone-shaped nut, so the boat with the dates and pistachio cookies filled alfajores extended.
Mamoul have a relatively short duration, compared to the baklava, and each piece is usually individually wrapped to preserve freshness.

A large part of our holiday tradition of cooking is baking, not only to give. When I was a kid, we pledge our Pecan Sandies beautifully decorated apple pie, and of course my favorite cookies sugar cane ornaments in holiday bags. Then carry them to our neighbors and church members wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy new year. We all have this tradition continues today after nearly 2 decades, our homemade cookies and foods are came early in the time of holiday season not only for ourselves but for our entire church community and all our friends and family to sign.

Good food is an essential way to bring people together and put them all in good humor, and what are all the holiday has passed. In almost every family has a tradition of holiday baking, but if not, it’s not too late to start. If you need to get into the spirit of Christmas, you can open your cookbook and start cook what you like. Whether to continue a family tradition or start a new operation alone, the smell of fresh pastries baked on vacation is sure to make your vacation that much happier, sweet and memorable.

If the word “chocolate biscuits” heard, what first comes to mind? Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies. People who have mastered the most famous recipes chocolate cookie in the country, Nestlé gave generously of their income on the back of the bag of chocolate chips in print for decades. Find out how to make Toll House cookies, world class, read on.

Nestle Toll House recipe is the best recipe to follow, can be found online at different sites. Having the opportunity to list the ingredients and methods were investigated, some tricks I’ve tried the best results.

Tips & Tricks

• Use nonstick cooking sheet. This is Teflon and make sure that cookies are not responsible. Do not count the first 11/09 minutes control cookies. If cookies are diffused into the oven and begin to swell, it’s time to get them. If you expect to see a hard cooked too long.

• Do not use melted butter instead of softened butter.  Melted butter prevents freezing properly. Then be tempted to bake longer and will be very hard. Most vanilla extracts are mostly alcohol with a taste for “small. Spend a little more than an extract containing a high percentage of vanilla bean instead of alcohol and flavor to arrive. The stores carry all excellent gourmet vanilla, the difference in the taste of gourmet cookies will do.

• Use fresh nuts and chips. Nut old expired last year for cookies are stale. And enter the rancid taste, the entire mass.

• There is no known substitute for white flour. “Corn is not suitable for the same type of chocolate chip cookies you want for this recipe. There is nothing wrong to make cookies.