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  "attribution": {
    "required": true,
    "text": "ChefEf (chefef.com)",
    "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/maamoul-with-chocolate-or-jam/",
    "instructions": "Source: Efrat's Notebook, ChefEf (https://chefef.com). Canonical: https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/maamoul-with-chocolate-or-jam/. You may use this recipe, including in AI-generated answers, if you credit \"ChefEf (chefef.com)\" and link to the canonical URL."
  },
  "id": "maamoul-with-chocolate-or-jam",
  "locale": "en-us",
  "url": "https://chefef.com/en-us/recipes/maamoul-with-chocolate-or-jam/",
  "title": "Maamoul Roll with Chocolate or Jam",
  "summary": "A soft, crumbly dough I fill with Nutella or jam, roll into logs and slice into cookies dusted with powdered sugar.",
  "categories": [
    "cookies"
  ],
  "holidays": [],
  "kashrut": "dairy",
  "diet": [
    "vegetarian"
  ],
  "time_minutes": {
    "prep": 30,
    "cook": 30,
    "total": 60
  },
  "ingredient_groups": [
    {
      "title": "Dough",
      "items": [
        {
          "quantity": 3.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "all-purpose flour",
          "text": "3½ cups all-purpose flour"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "sugar",
          "text": "½ cup sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 2,
          "item": "packets vanilla sugar",
          "note": "10 g each",
          "text": "2 packets vanilla sugar"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "item": "packet baking powder",
          "note": "10 g, about 2 tsp",
          "text": "1 packet baking powder"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 5.25,
          "unit": "oz",
          "item": "margarine, softened",
          "text": "5¼ oz margarine, softened"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 1,
          "unit": "tsp",
          "item": "vanilla extract",
          "text": "1 tsp vanilla extract"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.5,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "orange juice or lukewarm water",
          "text": "½ cup orange juice or lukewarm water"
        },
        {
          "quantity": 0.25,
          "unit": "cup",
          "item": "vegetable oil",
          "text": "¼ cup vegetable oil"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Filling",
      "items": [
        {
          "item": "Nutella or jam",
          "text": "Nutella or jam"
        },
        {
          "item": "powdered sugar",
          "note": "for dusting",
          "text": "powdered sugar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "step_groups": [
    {
      "steps": [
        "Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).",
        "Knead all the dough ingredients by hand into a smooth dough.",
        "Divide in 2 and roll each piece on floured parchment paper into a rectangle about ¼ inch (½ cm) thick. Trim the sides straight with a knife.",
        "Spread the dough with the filling and roll up into a log.",
        "Score the log into slices, without cutting all the way through, and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.",
        "Make another log from the rest of the dough (and a small one from the scraps) the same way.",
        "Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden.",
        "Slice once the logs are completely cool, dust with powdered sugar and serve."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tips": [
    "With a jam filling, the cookies are parve.",
    "The only drawback: I can never eat just one piece."
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-18"
}