Gulf-Style Batheeth Date Sweets

Ingredients

• 3 cups pitted dates
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup chopped almonds (or ground pistachios)
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon and 1 tsp ground ginger
• This easy, lovely recipe is brought to you by a friend and cook on ShouTabkhin Today:
• Fatima Zahwi Ghamloush
• For more of Fatima's distinctive recipes click her name to visit her page on our site.
• This recipe is also available as a video from the ShouTabkhin Today kitchen.
• Click this link to watch the preparation video:
• How to make Batheeth — video

Method

1. Prepare ice-cube molds; put raw sesame in each cavity (or ground pistachios or coconut), take portions of the dough, roll them into balls and place them in the molds, then chill them in the fridge for two hours
2. Then unmold and serve them looking like chocolate bonbons
3. This easy and lovely recipe is brought to you by a friend and cook of the Sho Tabkhīn Today website:
4. Fatima Zuhwi Gamloush
5. For more of Fatima's distinctive recipes, click her name to visit her page on our site
6. This easy and lovely recipe is also presented in a video from the Sho Tabkhīn Today kitchen
7. How to make Batheeth sweets — video
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