Whole Wheat Date Cookies
Ingredients
For the date purée
• 1/4 cup dates
• 1/2 cup water
For the dough
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tbsp sugar
Method
For the date purée
• Chop the dates into small pieces and add ½ cup of water.
• Bring to a boil in a non-stick pan and simmer for 10 to 12 minutes till the dates are fully mashed into a purée.
• Cool and keep aside.
For the dough
• Combine the flour, butter and sugar using your fingertips, till the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
• Add the cooled date purée and knead it into a dough.
• Cover with a plastic film and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• Roll out into a sheet of 6 mm (¼") thickness and cut out round cookies approximately 37 mm. (1½") in diameter, using a cookie cutter.
• Re-roll the scraps of dough to make more cookies and place them on a greased baking tray.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (360°F) for 25 minutes, or till the cookies are golden brown.
• Cool and store in an air-tight container.
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