Date Rolls

 Date Rolls 

For the Date Roll Biscuit you will need:

2 cups flour

½ cup butter

½ cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs

vanilla essence

pinch of salt

Other Ingredients:

½ cup desiccated coconut

250g Pitted Dates

½ cup milk

1. Make sure that the butter is at room temperature. Cream the butter and sugar together. Add the beaten eggs. Combine with the sifted flour and baking powder. 

2. Knead until you have a soft pliable cookie like texture. When you break the dough it should look like the image below… a soft cookie dough texture.

3. To make the date rolls, roll small pieces of dates into an oval shape.

4. Take a small piece of your biscuit dough then press piece of date into it rolling it into a ball then into a long finger like shape (similar to Gulab Jamun ).

5. Once you have shaped all your dough start by dipping your date rolls into milk then into coconut and finally onto a lined baking sheet

6. Once all your date rolls have been covered in coconut, bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes.

 Check to see that your date rolls don’t burn as some ovens may operate differently to mine. Once out of the oven, place on a rack and allow to cool.You can store your date rolls in an airtight container for about a week or about 3 months in the freezer.