INGREDIENTS FOR THE DOUGH:

* 2½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
* ½ cup semolina
* 2½ sticks parve margarine or 2 sticks butter
* 2 tsp vegetable oil
* ¼ - ½ cup water

INGREDIENTS FOR THE FILLING:

* 1½ cups roughly ground walnuts
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* ½ cup sugar

Method

1. Combine the flour, semolina, margarine, and vegetable oil. Add the water gradually. Blend well. (A food processor is splendid for this.) Cover and set aside for 10 - 15 minutes in the refrigerator.
2. Combine the walnuts with the cinnamon and sugar.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
4. Either use the ma’amoul mold described above or take a piece of dough about the size of a walnut. Roll it into a ball and hollow out the center. Inside, place a heaping teaspoon of walnut filling. With your hands, mold the dough closed.
5. Place each cookie on an ungreased cookie sheet. With the tines of a fork or tweezers with a serrated edge, make designs on the top of the cookie, being sure not to penetrate the crust.
6. Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. Do not brown; the cookies should look white. Cool. When hard, roll in confectioners’ sugar.