Ingredients
Units
- 36 large Madjool dates
- 2 cups almond flour
- 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp orange blossom water or rose water
- red and green food coloring
- granulated white sugar, to finish
Instructions
- Make a horizontal slit in each date (do not cut all the way through) and remove the pits.
- In a food processor fitted with a blade, combine the almond flour and sugar. Slowly add the water a few drops at a time, then add the almond extract and orange blossom or rose water.
- When the mixture starts to form a dough, pulse 10 times.
- Divide the mixture into two bowls. Add a few drops of red food coloring in one, and green food coloring in the other. Knead each dough separately, making sure not to stain with the other color.
- Allow the mixture to sit for 1 hour.
- Roll small cylinders of almond paste, the same length as the dates but half the diameter, then stuff each date.
- Score the exposed almond paste with the dull side of a paring knife to create a diamond pattern, then roll the date in sugar.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes + 1 hour setting time
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: One-pot
- Cuisine: Holiday