Date Balls

This a recipe for sweet little treats that can be made in no time. They're great to have around the house to enjoy with a cup of tea or incase any guest pops in unannounced as they keep pretty well. This is a very easy recipe that uses only a few ingredients.


Let's get started.

To start you need to pit your dates if not pitted.


Then proceed to grind your almonds.

In a sauce pan on low heat add your butter. When the butter melts add the spices then add your dates. Stir with a wooden spoon and try to mash your dates till they all stick together and fom a paste.

Set the date paste aside till it's cool enough to handle. Then take a small piece in your hand and form a patty or disc, place a walnut half in the middle of the patty then wrap your patty around it to form a ball. Roll your date balls in the ground almonds.

Enjoy!!!




Ingredients:


1    cup  dates
2    tbsp butter, unsalted
1    tsp   ground cinnamon
1    tsp   ground cardamom
1/2 cup  almonds
 walnut halves

Directions:

1. Pit dates.
2. Grind almonds.
3. In a sauce pan set on a low flame melt the butter then add the spice and dates. Mash your dates with a wooded spoon till they all stick together and form a paste.
4. Set the date paste aside till cool enough to handle.
5. Take a small piece of the date paste in your hand and form a patty, place a walnut half in the middle and wrap the patty around the walnut and roll between the plams of your hands to form a ball.
6. Keep going till you use up all of your date paste.
7. Roll you date balls in the ground almonds.