Mid East: Date-&-Walnut Sambouseks

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Date- & -Walnut Sambouseks

 

Recipe By : Cooking Light YEAR: 1996 ISSUE: March PAGE: 140

Serving Size : 10 Preparation Time :0:15

Categories : Dessert

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 cup chopped pitted dates

1/2 cup orange juice

2 tablespoons walnuts -- chopped fine

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

7 1/2 ounces refrigerated biscuit dough -- 10 biscuits

Vegetable cooking spray

1 egg -- lightly beaten

1 tablespoon sesame seeds

 

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine chopped dates and orange juice in a

medium saucepan; cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes or until the

liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat, and mash the dates with a fork until

smooth. Stir in chopped walnuts, vanilla, and cinnamon. Divide the dough

into 10 biscuits. Working with 1 biscuit at a time, pat each biscuit into a

4-inch circle. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the date mixture onto half of

each circle. Fold the dough over filling, and press the edges together with

a fork to seal. Place the filled pastries about 2 inches apart on a baking

sheet coated with cooking spray. Brush the beaten egg over pastries, and

sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake the pastries at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

or until lightly browned. Remove from pan, and let cool on a wire rack.

 

 

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NOTES : Enjoy these Arabic " little turnovers " as a breakfast pastry or a

light dessert. Yield: 10

pastries (serving size: 1 pastry).

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 2244 0 0 0

 

 

Karen S

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