Rasmi’s Falafel’s Maamoul Cookies

Ingredients

• ¾ cup melted butter
• ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 2¼ cups flour
• 28 ounces date paste
• 1 tsp cardamom

Instructions

1. In a mixer combine butter and sugar. Stir egg and vanilla into butter mixture until it is creamy.
2. Sift baking powder, salt and flour into butter-sugar mixture. Blend until well combined.
3. Spice date paste with cardamom.
4. To assemble, divide the dough into 1 ½-inch balls. Create a hole in a ball, add enough date paste to fill.
5. Seal and cover the paste by rounding off the dough.
6. Press the ball into a flour-dusted mold.
7. Pop it out and put into a greased baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden.