Date and Nut Cookies
By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN, Jerusalem Post, NOVEMBER 18, 2023
https://www.jpost.com/food-recipes/article-773620
Date and Nut Cookies (photo credit: PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN)Dough:
- 3 cups flour, sifted
- ½ cup orange juice or milk
- 1 egg (or 1 egg yolk)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 200 gr. butter or margarine
- 1 tsp. rum concentrate
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 1 packet baking powder
Filling:
- 1 container of date spread
- 1 cup walnuts, pecans, or candied pecans, ground
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup halva, crumbled
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
Egg wash:
- 1 egg, beaten, plus 1 Tbsp. water
Toppings:
- ½ cup sesame seeds
- ¼ cups powdered sugar
To prepare the dough:
Place the flour in the
bowl of an electric mixer. Form a well in the center, then add the
orange juice or milk. Add the egg, powdered sugar, butter or margarine,
rum concentrate, vanilla sugar, and baking powder. Mix on medium speed
until the dough falls away from the sides of the bowl. If necessary, add
a little more flour. Alternatively, you can mix by hand. Let the dough
rest in the fridge for an hour.
Separate
the dough into three equal sections. Flour your work surface, then roll
out each section into a rectangle that is ½ cm thick. Spread 1/3 of the
filling on each section, then add 1/3 of the nuts, chocolate, and
halva.
Sprinkle
a little cinnamon on top, then roll up the dough into a tube, starting
with the side closest to you. Seal the edge well. Prepare the other two
in the same fashion.
Place
the three rolled-up dough tubes onto a greased pan, or on a pan covered
with baking paper, and brush with egg wash. Take a knife and gently
make light indentations where you’ll be cutting the loaf into slices.
Sprinkle sesame seeds on top, then bake in an oven that has been
preheated to 180° for 30 minutes, until the dough turns golden brown.
Let
the loaves cool down. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top, then slice the
loaf. Place the cookies into a plastic container that can easily be
transported to the soldiers serving on the front lines.
- Level of difficulty: Medium
- Time: 1.5 hours
- Status: Parve/dairy
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ENJOY! |
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