A few days ago I was directed to a recipe of one of my favorite childhood sweets, Ma'moul cookies. To those unfamiliar, ma'moul are small shortbread-like pastries filled with either dates, pistachios, walnuts, figs or other onhand ingredients. Notably popular in Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon and Syria, the pastries usually come in the shape of a ball, a dome (as I was brought up on),  or simply as flattened cookies. Tony Tahlan, the author of this detailed and well photographed recipe gives you a complete walk through on how to make this awesome cookie at home. If you're not up for cooking, Sarkis Pastry is an awesome pastry store that has about 7 different variations of Ma'moul! I can definitely vouch for Sarkis, and they ship right to your doorstep! Eat on!