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Mandelbrot with Fresh Indio Dates
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Every year, after Halloween, I make the trek all the way out to Indio, CA to get fresh dates for my holiday baking. The Date Gardens does mail order, but I so crave their date ice cream and love their generous free samples. They also run a movie called The Romance and Sex Life of the Date (in sound and color!) which helps to explain just why these little sunshine-honey-bombs are so pricey. I think my Bubbe would approve.
Ingredients
- ½ cups Vegetable Oil
- 2 whole Eggs, Beaten
- ½ teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 pinch Salt
- ⅔ cups Sugar
- ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- ½ teaspoons Almond Extract
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- ½ cups Fresh Dates, Chopped (See Note)
- ½ cups Whole Almonds, Roughly Slivered Or Chopped
- ⅛ cups Ground Cinnamon
Preparation
Note: For the dates, I used one each of Medjool, Barhi, Zahidi, Brunette, Halawi, Khadrawi, and Honey. You could used the diced dates from the purple box, but they are not as good!
Preheat oven to 350F.
In a mixing bowl, add oil to eggs and whisk together. Add baking powder and beat well. Add salt, sugar, vanilla, and almond extract and beat again. Next, add 1 cup of flour, the dates, and the almonds. Mix well and make certain you are breaking up the date conglomeration. Add the remaining cup of flour and make sure everything is thoroughly incorporated. Yes, this is supposed to be a sticky dough.
Divide dough into thirds. Wet hands with cold water and shape into logs about 10″ long and 2″ wide, placed a few inches apart on a cookie sheet lined with parchment. Coat each log heavily with cinnamon and bake for 20 minutes.
Turn oven down to 325F. Remove the logs, and immediately begin slicing off 1/4″ pieces on the bias. Place the cookies on a clean baking sheet and toast in the oven for about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and flip all cookies and toast again for another 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown.
This recipe makes about 36 cookies. I heart dates, I really do!
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candykettle on 12.3.2009
I call my business Konditorei Kessel (confectionery kettle) There is a story there and I can tell you that another time. I make mostly caramels and anything that has to do with caramels. I just started adding baked goods. I look for anything that has a German theme. I just made Martha Stewarts recipe for Stollen…it’s in my freezer for a party next week. I’ll take it out and frost it and see how it tastes….Thanks for your interest!
candykettle on 11.29.2009
I made this recipe yesterday. OH YUM! I love dates…so much about them says “Holiday” The cookies are safely tucked away in my freezer for now. During the holidays I have a small candy making business with a German theme. This would be a great addition to my creations.
elizabethm on 11.10.2009
I love their Date Shakes!!! Can’t wait to try this recipe it looks delightful.
julip1882 on 11.10.2009
I remember seeing that movie at Shield’s Date Farm in the Palm Springs area….mmmm date shakes….yummy!
I’ve got a box of dates from there in the freezer just waiting for holiday baking.
Avital on 11.9.2009
Sounds delicious!