Combine shortening, salt and vanilla.
Blend.
Add sugar and cream well.
Add beaten egg and mix thoroughly.
Sift flour and baking powder.
Add to the first, alternately with milk, blending well.
Chill dough.
Roll dough 1/8-inch thick on floured board. Cut into 3-inch cookie.
Place one cookie on ungreased cookie sheet.
Add 1 teaspoon of Date Filling (recipe to follow).
Cover with another cookie.
Press together with a fork.
Prick top of each cookie with a fork.
Bake at 375\u00b0 for about 15 minutes.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
Mix thoroughly shortening, brown sugar and eggs.
Stir in water and vanilla.
Sift together and stir in flour, salt, soda and cinnamon.
Drop with teaspoon on ungreased baking sheet.
Place 1/2 teaspoon Date Filling on dough; cover with another 1/2 teaspoon of dough.
Bake until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.
Makes 5 to 6 dozen.
Prepare Date Filling; cool.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
Grease square pan, 9 x 9 x 2-inch.
Mix brown sugar, margarine and shortening. Mix in baking mix and oats.
Press half of the crumbly mixture in pan; spread with filling.
Top with remaining crumbly mixture; press gently into filling.
Bake until light brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
Cut into bars, about 2 x 1 1/2-inch.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
he sugar.
For the date & orange muffin, substitute 1 cup
ellyroll pan. Spread carefully with date filling. Sprinkle walnuts, then reserved
Preheat the broiler.
Slit dates. Place one almond inside each date. Wrap dates with bacon, using toothpicks to hold them together.
Broil 10 minutes, or until bacon is evenly brown and crisp.
Put one or two almonds inside date and wrap with 1/2 slice of bacon.
May need to use toothpick.
I used a deep fryer at 350\u00b0 and fried them for a couple minutes.
You could also pan fry (or Wok) until bacon cooked.
Some have tried baking at 425\u00b0 until bacon cooked - but this method takes longer and bacon not cooked as evenly.
ixture by tablespoonfuls (including a date in each tablespoonful) and drop
or our own use.
Date Nut Bread using starter:
Assemble blender.
Put water, orange juice and dates in blender container.
Cover and process at blend for 2 to 3 cycles. Cook mixture on low heat until thickened.
Blend chopped nuts. Add to date mixture.
Cool.
For the date filling, combine dates, water, and
ough by rounded teaspoonfuls (1 date per cookie) onto a greased
Stuff dates with nuts.
Cream shortening and sugar until light; beat in egg.
Sift dry ingredients.
Add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture.
Stir in dates.
Drop onto greased cookie sheet (a date per cookie).
Bake in 375\u00b0 oven.
Watch closely; do not overbrown.
Cool.
Top with Golden Frosting. Makes 5 1/2 dozen.
ray.
To make the date jam, bring dates, sugar and
br>Cool.
Fill with Date Filling, to form a sandwich
Pour the tahini on a serving platter.
Drizzle or pour date syrup in circles and swirl with the edge of a spoon to make a pretty pattern.
Toast sesame seeds in a dry pan and sprinkle over top (this is what warms it up slightly).
Sprinkle on ground cinnamon and serve immediately with sliced apples and pita wedges to dip.
Enjoy!
br>Meanwhile, to make the date filling, combine dates, lemon zest
innamon sugar.
For the date-oat bars, preheat oven to
ookie. Add approx 1 tsp date filling in the hole, then
n sifted combined flours, then date mixture. Spoon into prepared pan