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.
Course: Healthy Snacks
Cuisine: Clean Eating
Keyword: date cookies
Servings: 12Cookies
Author: Stephanie
Ingredients
1CupFlourBuckwheat, Einkorn
⅓CupDates Stoned, made into a paste
⅓CupButter Softened
1½tspBaking powder
1tspVanilla paste
2tbspMaple syrup
Instructions
Heat your oven to 180°
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
Beat the butter and maple syrup and vanilla paste until well combined
Add in the date paste and combine
Add the flour and baking powder and combine to form a dough
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
Put the cookies straight from the fridge into the oven for 12-15 minutes, until the outside is golden