Dark & White Date Cookies

Dark & White Date Cookies

From   Pure Sin

Prep: 30 minutes

Cook: 25 minutes

Method: Easy

Course: Snack

Type: French

The delicate flavour of dates is very endearing

Ingredients

  • Dates, chopped 4 to 5
  • Refined flour 1 cup
  • Rice flour 1 cup
  • Butter 100 gms + to grease
  • Icing sugar 1 cup

Methods

  • Preheat oven to 180º C. Light grease a baking tray with some butter.
  • Take sugar and butter in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric beater till the mixture is light and fluffy.
  • Sieve flour and rice flour into this mixture. Add dates and mix well to make a dough.
  • Wrap the dough in cling film and keep in the refrigerator to chill.
  • Roll out the dough carefully into ½ cm thick sheet. Cut out cookies with a cookie cutter and keep them on the baking tray at a little distance from each other.
  • Keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Take the tray out of the oven and let the cookies cool down to room temperature. Arrange them on a serving platter and serve.