Date + Walnut Cookies

Name: Date + Walnut Cookies (Kolompeh-ye Kermani)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes sixteen cookies
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 cup/225 g butter, goat or sheep ghee, or oil; 2 cups/250 g walnuts; ½ cup/120 ml milk; 1 tablespoon powdered sugar; 2 cups/350 g dates, any remaining hard stalk parts removed, and pitted; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 egg yolks; 1 tablespoon orange blossom water; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 3½ to 4 cups/420 to 480 g unbleached all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cumin

Kolompeh-ye Kermani

Preparation info

Makes
sixteen
cookies

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

This delicate Kermani cookie is filled with nuts and dates, and stamped with a traditional design. It is much sought after by the locals. I have adapted it here from an Amin family recipe.

Ingredients

dough

1 cup/225 g butter, goat or sheep ghee, or oil
½

Asia
Iran
Kermany
Vegetarian
Cookies

Method

For the dough: Place the butter, milk, egg yolks, and orange blossom water in the bowl of a food processor and mix until creamy. Sift together 3½ cups/420 g of the flour with the baking powder and powdered sugar, add to the food processor, and mix for about 6 minutes unt