or our own use.
Date Nut Bread using starter:
Mix
ven to 450\u00b0F.
DATE-NUT LAYER: In a medium saucepan
Pulse ingredients for the cheese spread in food processor until mixture is combined. Transfer spread to a small serving dish and garnish with shaved crystalized ginger. Serve with date nut bread.
Cream together the sugar, butter and eggs and set aside. Place flour in separate bowl.
Add dates and nuts, then put soda in cup of boiling water and pour over date-nut-flour mixture, then add alternately to first mixture.
Batter will be thin.)
Bake in a 7 x 11-inch pan at 375\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Cake stays moist. Serve with real whipped cream.
Blend cream cheese with milk and orange rind until spreadable. Cut each date nut loaf in half lengthwise; spread with cheese mixture.
Put together.
Repeat lengthwise cut at right angles; spread.
Put together in shape of loaf; wrap in waxed paper or foil.
Chill.
In a saucepan, combine dates, water and sugar.
Cook over medium heat.
Stir constantly until it thickens.
Remove from heat. Add nuts.
Slice cookie dough into 36 slices (thin).
Place 27 cookies on cookie sheet.
Place 1 tablespoon of date nut mixture on top of each slice.
Cut remaining 9 slices into thirds.
Place each third onto date top mixture.
Sprinkle with orange peel.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly golden.
Cool and serve. Makes 27 cookies.
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.
Cook dates, salt, sugar and water until thick.
Remove from fire, add lemon juice and nuts, cool.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat thoroughly.
Add flour sifted with soda.
Chill in refrigerator for half hour.
Divide in three parts, roll each part into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
Spread thin layer of cooled date mixture on dough.
Roll like a jelly roll.
Wrap in wax paper.
Chill or freeze overnight or until firm enough to slice.
Bake in oven at 350\u00b0.
Makes 150 cookies.
Preheat oven at 350\u00b0.
Mix shortening, brown sugar and egg. Stir in sour cream and blend in dry ingredients.
Drop teaspoon of cookie dough onto cookie sheet.
Cut dates in half and put a walnut half inside date.
Press open side of date onto center of each cookie and bake for 8 to 12 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
In a large bowl combine all ingredients for bars. Mix well.
Pour into greased and floured 13x9\" pan.
Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.
Cool.
In a small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth.
Pour evenly oven date bread.
Cut into bars.
dd in the fruit and nut mixture by hand.
Drop
Blend oleo and sugars well.
Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine dry ingredients.
Add to oleo-sugar mixture.
Add oatmeal, nuts and dates.
Drop on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake in 350\u00b0 oven for 12 to 17 minutes.
Stir together the flours, wheat germ, cinnamon, salt and soda. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla and eggs; beat until smooth.
Stir in flour mixture until well blended.
Stir in dates and nuts.
Drop by tablespoon onto greased baking sheet.
Bake in preheated 375\u00b0 oven for 12 to 15 minutes. Makes 4 dozen cookies.
Very good!
Cream margarine, sugar, eggs and buttermilk.
Sift together and stir in flour, soda and salt.
Mix in pecans, cherries and dates.
Chill for cookies.
aking powder. Sift into the date mixture and stir until it
ookie. Add approx 1 tsp date filling in the hole, then
Heat oven to 375\u00b0.
Mix margarine, cream cheese and flour to make dough.
Cook dates with 1 cup water, stirring until thick, to make filling.
Add nuts and sugar to date mixture.
Roll out dough and cut with biscuit cutter.
Place filling on circle.
Fold in half and seal with fork.
Dip in sugar.
Bake on middle shelf for 20 minutes.
Put chopped dates into 1 cup of boiling water.
Add 1 teaspoon baking soda and let stand while you mix the following: Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg.
Mix well.
Add dry ingredients and date mixture. Stir and put into greased cookie sheet and bake at 400\u00b0 for 15 - 20 minutes.
Frost with butter frosting.
Cut into diamond shapes.
Quarter the dates and place in a small saucepan.
Add water and sugar; cook until thickens.
Set aside to cool.
In second bowl, mix together flour, soda and salt.
Add sugar, oatmeal, melted butter and nuts.
Blend with fork until it becomes crumbly. Place crumbly mixture in a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
Be sure to reserve 1 cup for the top.
Cover crumb mix with date mixture; sprinkle with remaining crumbs.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Use a large spoon to cream sugar and butter by hand.
Add eggs and mix well.
Add flour and baking soda.
Mix well.
Add dates and nuts.
Coat nuts and dates well with dough.
Using a teaspoon, drop dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, 2-inches apart.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Yields 6 dozen cookies.