Old Fashioned Date Cookies

These old fashioned Date Cookies are from a simpler time – Real food, store
cupboard ingredients, and a cookie that’s just like the ones I had as a kid.
After school snacks, lunchbox fillers, a break-time energy boost or with a cup
of tea, Date cookies are a pretty awesome snack.

Servings: 12 Cookies

Author: Stephanie

Course:

Healthy Snacks

Cuisine:

Clean Eating

Keywords:

date cookies

🧂 Ingredients

1 Cup Flour

Buckwheat, Einkorn
⅓ Cup Dates

Stoned, made into a paste
⅓ Cup Butter

Softened
1½ tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Vanilla paste
2 tbsp Maple syrup

Instructions

1 Heat your oven to 180°
2 Make your date paste. Take the dates and cover with boiling water, just enough
to cover the dates. Leave for 10 minutes until the dates are soft and then drain
into a bowl, keeping the water. Using a blender, blend the dates adding in 1tbsp
of the water at a time until you have a thick, smooth date paste
3 Beat the butter and maple syrup and vanilla paste until well combined
4 Add in the date paste and combine
5 Add the flour and baking powder and combine to form a dough
6 Divide the dough into 12 balls and place on a tray. With the back of a spoon,
gently push the cookies down until they're a little flatter, don't push too
much, or they won't be cookie doughy in the middle! Put the tray in the fridge
for 20 minutes to let the cookie dough chill
7 Put the cookies straight from the fridge into the oven for 12-15 minutes, until
the outside is golden
8 Let cool and enjoy :)