Candied Date Recipe (With Walnuts, Milk)
Candied Date Recipe: A practical homemade confection that is cooked in a short time with dates, sugar, milk and butter, and assembled with walnuts. In the how-to steps, all you have to do is bring the mixture to the right consistency and shape it into small bite-sized pieces.
Ingredients
For candied dates
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare the dates
Remove the seeds of the dates and chop them into small pieces. Thus, it softens faster while cooking and mixes easily into the mixture.
Start the mixture in the pot
Take sugar, milk and butter in a medium-sized pot. Heat over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
Add the dates and cook
Add chopped dates. Cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens and the dates are completely soft, about 10 minutes; Don't stop mixing to prevent it from sticking to the bottom.
Add the vanilla and walnuts
Turn off the heat, add vanilla. Then add coarsely chopped walnuts to the mixture.
Shape and let rest
The mixture may burn your hands when it is too hot; Wait 2-3 minutes for it to cool down. Take small pieces with a spoon and form them into bite-sized balls, or spread them on a baking paper-lined tray and slice them.
Cool and serve
Cool completely at room temperature. Serve when it thickens; If you want, store it in an airtight container.