The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen (The home of
delicious Lebanese Recipes and Middle Eastern
food recipes) invites you to try Cookies Filled
with Fig, Dates and Apricot Recipe . Enjoy the
Middle Eastern Cuisine and learn how to make
Cookies Filled with Fig, Dates and Apricot.
Ingredients
The filling
1 cup dry fig
1 cup dry apricots
1 cup dry dates
1 cup water
� cup sugar
For the dough
� cup soft butter
� cup cream cheese
� cup sugar
1� cups flour
1 tablespoon anise
� teaspoon baking powder
� teaspoon baking soda
� teaspoon salt
� teaspoon vanilla
1 egg (beaten for brushing)
Method
The filling
- In saucepans separately put figs, apricots and
dates over a medium heat , divide both the water
and sugar amounts over each one, cook for 5
minutes.
- Remove from heat, and puree each in a blender
to have a paste consistency.
The dough
- Preheat oven to 180 �C.
- Combine butter, cheese and sugar in an electric
beater; beat on a medium speed until creamy.
- Mix flour with anise, baking powder, baking soda
vanilla and salt, gradually add the flour mixture to
the butter mixture, beat until well-combined and
homogenous dough is obtained.
- Cover the dough and chill for 30 minutes.
- On a floured surface, roll out the dough with a
rolling pin, and divide it into 3 thin rectangles.
- Put the desired stuffing on the rectangle dough,
roll it to form a cylinder, brush the surface with
egg wash, cut into slices and place them on a
baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow to cool, then arrange on a serving plate.
Chef Osama
