Cooking Class: Eid Desserts (Ghraybeh & Maamoul) – June 1
$25.00
When?
Sunday June 1st 2025 at 11am ADT (Halifax timezone).
How long?
Estimated time is 2 hours. Allow a grace period of 30 minutes afterwards, should you decide to stick around for questions or to enjoy the food together with other attendees.
Note: Be sure to read the Description box below for information on what you’ll need to prepare for this class.
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Important:
Upon placing the order, you should receive an email with details regarding the recipe, and a meeting link for the class.
In case you do not receive it within the hour (after checking the spam/junk folders), please contact me immediately at waseem@plantbasedarab.com with your order number.
Description
[Order Deadline: Saturday May 31st at 11:59pm ADT]
Learn how to make a plant-based version of the popular desserts: Ghraybeh and Maamoul for this Eid in under 2 hours.
Here is what you’ll need to prep ahead of the class:
Ingredients
- Dairy-free butter
- Margarine
- Icing/powdered sugar
- Rosewater
- Mahlab
- Mastic
- Pistachios
- Walnuts
- Date paste (or soaked & blended Medjool dates)
- Ground cinnamon
- Ground cardamom
- Ground nutmeg
- Dairy-free condensed milk (homemade recipe provided using plant milk, sugar, and cornstarch)
Equipment & Tools
- Stand or Hand Mixer with a bowl
- Cookie sheet-pan
- Oven
- Maamoul mold (if not available, a pair of tongs)
Note: only the essential ingredients and equipment are listed. It is expected that each person has common items available in the kitchen already (example: flour, sugar, oil, knife and cutting board, cooking pans/pots, etc.)
Join this cooking class to make Vegan Ghraybeh (Arabic Shortbread Cookies) and Vegan Maamoul (Stuffed Butter Cookies – with Dates and/or Nuts).
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Notes for attendees:
- Cooking classes will be held online via Jitsi. Make sure to download and sign up ahead of time.
- Please join at least 5 minutes prior to the scheduled time. We will begin right away.
- Make sure to read the document you receive upon placing the order to prep ahead of class.
- If you have any questions/concerns, please reach out at the email provided below.
- You are welcome to attend with a roommate at no additional cost (you can tip me separately via PayPal if you wish 🙏🏽).
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Recording disclaimer:
This cooking class might be recorded, where it could be uploaded on Plant Based Arab platforms (in segments or in full) for educational/promotional use. Unless otherwise explicitly stated by an attendee, the voice/image/chat may be used in the content. Any request to keep such information anonymous will be respected and adhered to, as long as I am informed up until 1 hour after the class (only email requests – at waseem@plantbasedarab.com – will be accepted).
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*** $5 CAD of every ticket sold for this class will be donated (split evenly) to UNRWA and the Vegan for Gaza initiative ***
See you in Class! 🙂
Waseem – Plant Based Arab