Panforte is the dense, chewy Sienese Christmas cake packed with toasted hazelnuts and almonds, dates, cherries, cocoa, and warm spices, bound by hot honey caramel. A traditional Italian holiday confection.
Basmati rice studded with five dried fruits, sliced mushrooms, slivered almonds, and cinnamon. A fragrant side dish that pairs beautifully with veal or poultry.
Fruitcake drop cookies with brandy, candied cherries, dates, candied pineapple, and nuts. All the holiday fruitcake flavor in a bite-sized cookie that bakes in 12 minutes.
Blended dried fruit pudding made with peaches, apricots, dates, and pineapple soaked in lemon juice. A naturally sweet no-cook dessert with no added sugar.
Banana nut bread made with whole wheat and white flours, ginger and mace, plus chopped pecans and dates folded in. A spiced, fruit-and-nut-loaded quick bread that's denser and more interesting than the standard.
Oat date nut bread for the bread machine with rolled oats, chopped dates, toasted walnuts, applesauce, and cinnamon. A moist, naturally sweet breakfast bread with no added fat.
Pumpkin pie layered with a sticky brown-sugar date and walnut base, then spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. A holiday upgrade on the classic that tastes like pecan pie had a baby with pumpkin.
No-bake fruit balls made with cherries, dates, walnuts, and coconut ground together and rolled in sugar. A quick, old-fashioned confection with natural sweetness.
No-bake fruit and nut balls made with cherries, dates, walnuts, almonds, and coconut, bound with a single egg and rolled in sugar. Five-ingredient old-fashioned candy with a chewy, dense bite.
Vegan date nut muffins made with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, molasses, and apple juice instead of eggs. Hearty, naturally sweetened bran muffins with walnuts and lemon zest.
Crispy fried won tons filled with chopped dates and walnuts. A sweet three-ingredient appetizer or dessert with a crunchy shell and sticky fruit-nut center.
Oat date nut bread for the bread machine with rolled oats, chopped dates, walnuts, and cinnamon. A naturally sweet, hearty loaf with chewy fruit and crunchy nuts in every slice.
Fruit and nut muffins with whole wheat flour, applesauce, raisins, dates, and walnuts. A lower-fat big-batch recipe using egg whites and skim milk for lighter baking.
Date pudding cake with chopped dates and nuts in a light egg batter with barely any flour. Dense, sticky, and caramel-sweet, served warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Old-fashioned date and nut drop cookies spiced with cinnamon and cloves, made with egg yolks and buttermilk. A chewy, fruit-studded holiday cookie with a nostalgic name.
Old-fashioned date nut bread made with boiling water-softened dates, baking soda, and chopped nuts. A dense, sweet quick bread that slices beautifully.