chewy dates and spicy cookies. The dates add a subtle sweetness to these cookies.
| Prep Time: | 1 hr |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 6 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ⅓ cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons water
- 1 ½ cups chopped pitted dates
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves; gradually stir into creamed mixture. Combine water and dates; stir into dough along with chopped pecans. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 156 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 29 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 78 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
So easy and delicious. Even my grandchildren like the taste and they don’t eat dates. An excellent recipe.
My kind of cookie! I increased the dates by 1/2 because I wanted to use up the fresh dates I had. Added a bit of salt. Baked for 11 minutes and perfect. Will make again for sure.
Used the receipt exactly as is, baked a little longer-10 mins for 36 cookies.
I followed the recipe except I didn’t have pecans so I toasted some walnuts and I didn’t have cloves so I used allspice, cinnamon, cardamom, and nutmeg. They were delicious.
The recipe was easy to follow but I found out that i am not a fan of the spice,clove.
Yummy
Made these as described in the original recipe, did not bother sifting the flour but otherwise no changes made. 10 minutes was plenty, gave the cookies a nice golden edge. The middle of the cookie does flatten a bit as they cool, creating a chewy cookie texture, but they are certainly not under-baked. I would call the flavor of the cookies mild – they aren’t overly sweet, but they aren’t bland. I normally dislike dates due to the texture and strong flavor, but they mix really well with this cookie! Overall I’m pleased with how they came out, recipe works just fine, but I bet you could make some tweaks if you wanted to personalize it. I think next time I will try adding more dates, maybe some chocolate chips even? Regardless, great recipe! edit: Just realized I forgot to chill the dough for 1 hour prior to baking. Oh well. They turned out just fine without it.
While my cookies are wonderful moist with lots of goodness, the cookies did not go flat they rose in the balls of dough placed on the cookie sheet. Family loves them! Will make them again.
I didn’t have pecans so I substituted with almonds. Turned out pretty well.
I have been looking for a date nut cookie recipe like my moms for years and this has come pretty close to it. It’s just missing my mom’s special touch. She would make these date nut cookies every year at Christmas and then roll them in powder sugar while they were still warm. I miss those days but now I can now create my own memories with this recipe with my kids. One reviewer suggested this was more of an adult cookie, try the powder sugar and I think you will change your mind.
I think they would be better with some orange zest in them. If I try them again, that is what I will do.
so I was craving cookies and didn’t have too many exotic ingredients on hand but I did happen to have dates. I just needed to pit and chop them myself. I also added a teaspoon of salt because I just felt that the recipe might need a little. I also didn’t have pecans but this recipe was still great without them. I love these cookies. The spices are wonderful and I feel like the dates give these the illusion of being healthy. HAHAH. Anyway, I’ll keep this recipe in my faves.
Exactly as described. Nice cookies.
Pretty tasty- we only added 1/2 the sugar and omitted the nuts, used bobs red mill 1 to 1 baking flour (food allergies) and still good!
It a really good cookie! I used cold coffee instead of water and a dash of vanilla. It was easy and I didn’t cool for 1 hour just kind of let it rest and went ahead and made cookies. My husband is diabetic so used 1 cup of Splenda and 1/3 cup sugar. They came out chewy and wonderful. Thanks!
I followed the recipe exactly as written and the results are wonderful. Make sure you sift the dry ingredients, no dip level pour and use salted butter.
Delicious! I kept the recipe mostly the same. I made a few small changes that wouldn’t have changed the taste much. I also had to bake the cookies for 5 to 10 minutes longer than suggested. In the end they came out perfect, sweet and soft!
A nice soft cookie
Ohhhh my!!! These are so yummy! I have made them twice in the last 2 weeks. Made first batch with pecans, 2nd batch without. Like them best with pecans. This recipe is definitely a Keeper!!
Good cookie! I decreased the sugar to 2/3s cup, increased the cinnamon to 1 tsp. the cloves to 1/4 tsp. and added 1/4 tsp. nutmeg, the zest of a whole organic orange and instead of the water added OJ .
It tastes good & everybody loved ..