Date Moons Recipes

DATE MOONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour and salt, and beat until blended.
• Shape dough into a ball and wrap well in waxed paper or cling wrap. Chill for an hour.
• Combine dates, sugar, and water in a saucepan and cook over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes or until thickened. Remove fruit puree from heat; stir in walnuts and orange rind, and let cool.
• Divide chilled dough in half. Place half (or less) on a lightly floured surface, and roll to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut dough with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, and place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon date mixture in center of each cookie. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.
• Fold dough over filling, pressing edges with tines of a fork to seal.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes. Remove to a cooling rack until fully cool.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

MYSTIC MOON PISTACHIO DATE NUT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large electric mixer bowl cream together the tahini and brown sugar; add the egg and beat until smooth.
• Now add the flour mixture and yoghurt alternately, beating well after each addition, ending with youghurt. Add the vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Add the Pistachios, dates, and bittersweet chocolate chunks and mix until well blended.
• Turn ito a greased and floured loaf pan and bake for about an hour at 350ºF or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.