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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.
Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
To prepare Filling:.
Combine dates, water and sugar in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat until thick. Cool; add nuts.
To prepare Cookie Dough:.
Cream butter, add sugar and beat until light.
Beat in eggs one at a time; add vanilla.
Sift together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons onto buttered baking sheet 2\" apart. Make a shallow indent in each cookie. Place a scant teaspoon of filling in indent. Cover with 1 ...
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.
*These cookies (24) should be chocolate cream filled cookies and be chopped as fine as can be done.
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.
ookie. Add approx 1 tsp date filling in the hole, then
lace a teaspoonful of the date filling in the centre. Fold
Make the date filling by heating the ingredients
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.
pread a third of the date spread evenly over the pastry
he center between 2 thin cookies pressed together.
Bake at
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To make the cookies:
Preheat oven to 375
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.
thin, sharp knife, slice cookies into 1/4\" slices. Place
Grease 1 loaf pan and preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Mix nuts, dates, soda and salt.
Add water, then oil.
Mix well and let stand 20 minutes.
Mix egg and vanilla separately, then add to nut mixture; mix well.
Mix flour and sugar together.
Add gradually to nut mixture, mixing thoroughly.
Pour mixture into loaf pan (9 x 5 x 3-inches) and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes in oven.
Test with toothpick to test doneness.
Cool in pan 15 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Wrap in foil immediately.
Can be frozen.
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.
Cream shortening, add sugars, eggs and vanilla.
Beat 10 to 12 minutes.
Dissolve soda in boiling water and pour over dates (cut up), nuts (optional),
flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Mix together and add to shortening mixture.
Add dates and nut mixture.
Blend until no flour shows.
Make rolls in wax paper; freeze.
Take roll out when you want cookies.
Cut frozen.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 8 to 10 minutes.
nto a rectangle. Spread with date filling. Roll up jelly roll