Best Date And Walnut Cookies Recipes

DATE-AND-WALNUT SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine dates, water, and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until dates break down to a soft paste, about 3 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan, then stir in walnuts.
• Divide date mixture among 4 cookies. Top each with another cookie, and dust with confectioners' sugar if using. Serve immediately.

CHEWY DATE AND WALNUT PINWHEEL COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine dates, sugar and water in saucepan.
• Cook until thickened and dates have broken down to a paste about 5 minutes, stirring constantly (add water a tsp at a time if you feel it is sticking).
• Remove from heat and blend in lemon juice, lemon rind and the nuts.
• Set aside to cool thoroughly.
• Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
• Cream the butter, brown sugar and orange rind.
• Beat in the egg and vinegar (the vinegar will slightly"curdle" the butter, don't worry this is normal).
• Blend in the dry ingredients (dough will be somewhat stiff).
• Chill dough several hours or overnight.
• On wax paper, roll dough into a 15x10 inch rectangle.
• Spread with the date mixture to within 1/4 inch of all sides.
• Starting with the long side of the dough roll as for jelly roll, using the wax paper to help you.
• Slice roll in half place on platter cover and refrigerate 1 hour.
• Slice into 1/4 inch thick slices and place on cookie sheet (grease the sheet if you are not using a non-stick sheet).
• Bake in 375F oven for 12 minutes until slightly golden (do not brown).
• Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for 2 minutes before removing and cooling on rack.

DATE AND WALNUT SANDWICH COOKIES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1. Combine dates, water, and cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring frequently, until dates break down to a soft paste, about 3 minutes. Let cool slightly in pan, then stir in walnuts. 2. Divide date mixture among 4 cookies. Top each with another cookie, and dust with confectioners' sugar if using. Serve immediately.

DATE AND WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line one or more baking sheets with parchment. Place flour in a bowl and whisk in the salt, cinnamon and cloves. Set aside.
• Cream butter and brown sugar together by hand or in an electric mixer. Beat in eggs. The mixture will not be smooth. Dissolve the baking soda in 1 tablespoon hot water and stir it in. Stir in the dates and nuts. The batter will be heavy and not easy to mix. Work in the flour mixture, about a third at a time. If your electric mixer has a dough hook, use it for working in the flour.
• Scoop heaping teaspoons of batter onto prepared baking sheet or sheets, making craggy mounds about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Space them about 1 1/2 inches apart; the cookies will not spread very much. (Alternatively, for neater cookies, you can roll the batter into balls between your palms, then lightly press them down with the back of a spoon or the tines of a fork.) Allow to sit at room temperature 30 minutes to 1 hour before baking. Depending on the size of your oven and your baking sheets, you can form the cookies ready to bake on sheets of parchment paper on your countertop, then transfer them to baking sheets in shifts.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes, until nicely browned. Let cool, then dust with sifted confectioners' sugar. If you plan to freeze some of the cookies, do not dust them with confectioners' sugar; wait until after they thaw.