Simple Date cookies

Name: Simple Date cookies
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 mug plain flour; Half mug atta flour; 1 tbspnful hard ghee; 2 level tbspn soft butter; 1 tbspn level cornstarch; 2 level tbspn Semilina; About 1 tsp Baking powder; 2 tablespoon brown suger; Salt to taste; Abt half ish mug Water cold; Fir dare paste: dates 400grams no pit ( for this amount of dough; OnlyFew tablespoon cooking oil for help nit to stick in blending; 400 grams dates no pit ( for this amount of dough; Quater mug milk for blending; Spices :cinnamon powder,(all spice see pic(optional,orange rind; cinnamon powder; allspice see pic; (optional,orange rind)

Umluqs @umluqs

These are so delish esp if you would prefer having dates this way.
coz firstly dates ,and date palm the tree of which leaves do mot fall,mentioned 22 times in the holly Quran !, are sunna of Prophet Peace be to him,as we all may understand,we cannot underestimate their benefits.many hadiths about their goodness..vitamins,minerals,protein,antioxidants ,fibre ,iron ,natural suger anti cholesterol etc,and is an immune booster
Even bible and other religions may understand this very important fruit
Now we fast in ramadhaan and these are a must hav in every household!
Even scientific studies for pregnant ladies nearing labour many would confess how they consumed dates ,please tell us your stories and yep that's it from here
So try out dates and dates recipes many hav also, shared esp ramadhaan challenge 2023 too.
Alhamdulillah
These are a recipe you can also make use of other lovely things like blackseed,sesame seed and lovely spice combinations all very lovely for you cinnamon etc
Pls note that black seed is extreemly helpful for cold season related illness ,also authentic study related

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Ingredients

1mug plain flour
Halfmug atta flour
1tbspnful hard ghee
2level tbspn soft butter
1 tbspnlevel cornstarch
2level tbspn Semilina
About 1 tsp Baking powder
2 tablespoonbrown suger
Salt to taste
Abt half ish mug Water cold
Fir dare paste: dates 400grams no pit ( for this amount of dough
OnlyFew tablespoon cooking oil for help nit to stick in blending
400 gramsdates no pit ( for this amount of dough
Quater mug milk for blending
Spices :cinnamon powder,(all spice see pic(optional,orange rind
cinnamon powder
allspice see pic
(optional,orange rind)

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Steps

1

We make the dough first as we can put this in the fridge,(while we do the date paste inshaAllah.
Just add the ingredients in bowl (as in pic)and mix,then add the flours and mix and add the water then mix to form medium soft non sticky dough(which further softening on resting
2

The dough looks like so,cover and place in fridge.can stay up to a day in fridge.but can also make the date paste and put in fridge,these lovely dates soak with warmed water
3

The warm Make the dates soften almost instantly,and can use the water to make refreshing nabeedha drink (see recipes on cpad)
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Now add the oil abt 1table spoon(dis half the mix) add your spiceand then blend and mix and add some milk.if doing half then do again the other half).then now combine in a bowl. And your date paste is ready for use
5

For the date paste,remove pots or buy whitewater one which are sold as snack ones at poundshop
6

Then now we make our cookie strips: there can be 2 or 3 ways use which suits you easier etc.
we divide dough about 4 parts roll out one portion until thin and we spread our prepd paste we roll other and place on top and cut strops and shapes OR we can just do part at a time by spread the paste one side and fold over and then cut the straps and the small squares /diamond etc
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Now we place in lightly oiled tray put thin layer oil all over tray base.to help not stick.then also can lighlty brush some milk over and only little nit to make these soggy,and then also can Sprinkle generous black seeds and sesame seeds (alhamdulillah!!!)on the top and bake all 2gether until all nicely brown at top and check if base is cooked.enjoy.