The use of natural sweets was prevalent among people before the appearance of sugar and its derivatives. Sweeteners such as syrup, juice, nectar, and ooze were obtained and used from various flowers, plants, and fruits. Today, with industrialization and its consequences, people are again inclined to use traditional orders and prescriptions, and they tend to use natural solutions to solve modern ailments. In this article you will see recipe of Date bread!
Using Dates as a Sweetener
The type of sugar found in dates, namely fructose, is soluble in water and easily absorbed; As a result, it does not have the disadvantages of sucrose and is not harmful even for diabetic patients. In this way, you can use it to prepare all kinds of sweets without worry.
Date nectar and date syrup have a special place in the confectionery industry. In addition to replacing dates instead of sugar, confectioners use its thickened syrup to decorate a plate of sweets or as a dressing on concoctions.
Date Bread, an Ancient Relic
In ancient times, people turned to nature to produce everything they needed. One of the oldest snacks that resulted from this connection and was generally prepared in Iranian cities was date bread, which was later produced in different sizes and is also known as date cookies.
Date-producing areas such as Bushehr and Kerman are the main origin of this product, but today date bread is known as one of the important souvenirs of Kermanshah. Producers of famous cookies in northern cities such as Lahijan and Fouman also use dates in their recipes.
Descendants of Date Bread
Today’s world is trying to recover its traditional manifestations in the form of modernity, this view makes past cultural manifestations appear in a new form and appearance. One of the platforms that host this event is the food industry. People are willing to combine flavors and try newly fresh fragrances; Producers also get creative by following their tastes and rediscovering nature’s gifts.
For example, date bread, as we said, is a manifestation of the old world that modern traders and artisans have re-created in new formats; Date cake, date cookie, biscuit with date nectar, etc.
Some exciting recipes
Here you can find some of the best recipes with date:
Homemade Zaboli Date Cookies
One of the types of delicious, traditional, and local Iranian cookies is the Zabali cookie, which, as the name suggests, is related to the city of Zabol, Sistan-Baluchestan province, and originally prepared with Sistani dates, such as Kabkab dates or Rabbi dates. You can prepare this delicious cookie for parties and events, with or without an oven. To prepare this cookie, you must first prepare the dough and then put the middle ingredients in the middle of the dough.
ingredients
2 glasses of white flour
1 cup of milk
1 glass of sugar
1 cup solid oil
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon cardamom
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ginger
12 dates
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons of saffron
Sesame and black seeds as needed
Preparation
Mix the milk and sugar and put it in a pot, then on the heat until the sugar dissolves in the milk, then remove it from the heat. Sift all the dry ingredients together and put them in a deep bowl, then add sweetened milk and softened butter to the dry ingredients and knead everything well until the cookie dough is ready. Spread cookie dough on the work table and open it with a rolling pin, then mold the cookie dough with the tip of a glass.
Peel the date and remove its seed, then place it in the middle of the cookie dough, and shape the cookie into the desired shape. Mix egg yolk and saffron and put on the cookies, then decorate with sesame and black seeds.
Set the oven to 150-200 degrees Celsius, then put the cookies in it and let them cook for 25 minutes. To cook without an oven, put the parchment paper containing the cookies in a double-sided pan, close the pan, and place it on the spreader flame to bake the cookies for 35 minutes.
Diet date sweets
The reason for the diet of this date sweet is the use of oats and brown sugar, which together with dates turn it into a snack full of unique properties.
Ingredients:
3 and a quarter cups of oats
Half a teaspoon of baking powder
One and a half cups of dates
1 cup of wheat flour
3 and a quarter cups of water
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 cup of brown sugar
A quarter of a teaspoon of salt
1 empty cup of cold butter
2 to 3 tablespoons of sesame paste
Preparation
Put dates and water in a pot and put it on medium heat until it boils. Then stir until the water evaporates completely. Remove the pot from the heat, add the sesame paste, and mix well until the mixture of dates and flour is completely uniform.
Now powder the oats with a blender. Add flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and cold butter to the powdered oats and mix well. Spread oil paper in a suitable pan.
At this stage, pour half of the dry ingredients into the mold and press it with the back of a spoon. Then pour the date mixture on it. Next, pour the rest of the dry ingredients on it and press it well.
In the end, place the mold in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius until it becomes completely golden. It takes about 35 minutes to bake. After cooking, take it out of the oven, cool down a bit, and cut and put it in a suitable container.
