Desserts
ChefHanadi Habal
Date Fingers and Date Cookies
Date cookies or date fingers are among the most delicious sweets. This easy, quick recipe will have you making date cookies at home every time instead of buying them ready-made.
Ingredients
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- 2 and 1/2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons milk powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon instant yeast
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon anise seeds, whole or ground
- A pinch of salt
- A pinch of vanilla
- 1/2 cup ghee
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Warm water, as needed for the dough
- Date filling
- Sesame seeds for garnish
- Filling
- Ground dates
- 1 tablespoon rose water
- 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
- A pinch of nutmeg
- A pinch of mahlab
Method
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- Mix all the ingredients together and knead well. Then start stuffing and shaping as desired, into rounds or fingers.
- Mix the filling ingredients well ...
- Roll out the dough into a rectangle and place the filling lengthwise along one edge of the dough. Fold the dough over the filling and trim off the excess dough. You will have a long rope of date-filled dough; cut it as desired.
- Dip the date fingers or round cookies in sesame seeds and bake in a preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes.Timers: 10 min
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianNut freeEgg freeBakedDessert
