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Add the egg, powdered sugar, vanilla and lemon zest.. On a work surface thickly dusted with powdered sugar, roll out the pastry to a squarish or rectangular shape, 1/8-inch thick.Using the tip of a sharp knife or a pizza cutter, cut into 3-inch squares.

Place a teaspoon of cream cheese filling in the center of each square.Lift up 1 square, gathering the center of the square around the filling into a cup.Hold it in the fingers of one hand.

Use the fingers of your other hand to gently push the midpoints of the sides inward, so that the four corners become the points of the petals.The cookie will look like an opening flower.

Place the cookie in a cup of a mini muffin pan.

Repeat with the remaining squares and refrigerate for 30 minutes.. Preheat the oven to 375°.Originally appeared: May 2018.MAKES ABOUT 3 1/4 CUPS UNCOOKED FINE COUSCOUS.

coarse semolina (available at Middle Eastern groceries).Oil or butter for greasing the inside of the colander.

Spread coarse semolina on a large round tray.Sprinkle a few tablespoons of salted cold water over the coarse semolina and, at the same time, rotate the palm and fingers of one hand in wide circles (in one direction only) to create tiny spheres.. After two or three rotations, begin to sprinkle the semolina flour and about 1/4 cup cold water alternately on the spheres while continuing to rotate.