Date Recipes

Naturally sweet and rich in fiber, dates are a healthy alternative sweetener for baking recipes. Try our recipes with dates, from classic date bars and desserts to breakfast recipes with dates to middle eastern recipes with dates.

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    Date Bars

    These date bars combine naturally sweet dates with a buttery oat crumble for a satisfying treat that’s both...


    Winning Cranberry Chutney

    Meet the Cook: While searching for something to enhance the taste of fowl years ago, I discovered this recipe. I...


    Raisin Date Bread Pudding

    All my leftover bread ends (raisin bread is a favorite in this house) and buns go in the freezer. Then,...


    Candied Fruitcake Squares

    I'm not big on citrussy fruitcake, so when I found this version decades ago, I knew I'd found "my" recipe....


    Bacon Date Bread

    Friends joke that whenever I’m asked to bring a dish to a party, my contribution always contains bacon. This recipe...


    Nut Butter Cups

    My indulgent, nutty treat is simple to make and looks fabulous. At our house, we use all-natural ingredients for them....


    Gourmet Grilled Cheese with Date-Bacon Jam

    This sandwich doubles up on melty cheese, but the star of the show is the sweet and salty date-bacon jam....


    Winter Fruit Macaroons

    Coconut macaroons with sweetened condensed milk instead of egg whites are my version of a recipe my mom loved. All...

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    Cuccidati

    Fancier than Fig Newtons and even more delicious, Italian cuccidati cookies are a traditional fruit-filled holiday cookie worth eating year-round.


    Date Nut Balls

    Partly a snack and partly a dessert, these date nut balls are easy to prepare and keep on hand for...


    Date Pecan Tea Bread

    Packed with dates and pecans, this sweet bread is excellent on its own and even better topped with the chunky...


    Orange Date Nut Bread

    Pecans are very plentiful in the South, and this is one of my favorite ways to use them. No other...


    Poteca Cake

    “Rock Springs is home to 56 nationalities, and this recipe showcases its Slavic heritage. It’s one of my favorite ethnic...


    Gluten-Free Sugarplums

    Lots of moist, fruity flavor and nutty crunch give these sweet/spicy bites a
    kind of gumdrop richness. They make...


    Date-Nut Apple Cake

    WE have enjoyed this recipe for many years. It was given to me by a college friend. It looks like...


    Waldorf Salad with Dates

    “For extra taste and texture, I added dates to the original recipe for this popular salad,” writes Mary Kirner of...


    Date Bar Dessert

    MY MOTHER copied this recipe from a Quaker Oats box in the 1950s, and it remains one of our favorite...

    No-Candied-Fruit Fruitcake

    Minus the candied fruit, this traditional cake has a positively natural taste. For those who bake their Christmas giveaways ahead,...


    Date Nut Candy

    Even though my two grown sons aren't big "sweets eaters", they think these candies are exceptional. The big peanut butter...


    Fruitcake Pie

    This recipe came from a friend who knows how much we love fruitcake. The pie has similar flavors, but it’s...


    Date-Nut Bran Muffins

    This excellent bran muffin recipe has been in Daria Burcar's family over 25 years. "They're incredibly moist and chock-full of...


    Fruitcake Bars

    "This recipe has been a family favorite for years," tells Terry Mercede of Danbury, Connecticut. "People who declare they won't...


    Chewy Date Nut Bars

    You'll need just six ingredients, including a convenient boxed cake mix, to bake up these chewy bars chock-full of walnuts...

    Date Pudding

    This date pudding has been our family's favorite dessert for Thanksgiving and Christmas for 65 years...and it's still on the...


    Orange Date Bread

    I loved visiting my aunt—she was an excellent baker, and her kitchen always smelled great. With her inspiration, I now...


    Date Pinwheel Cookies

    A delightful nut-and-date filling swirls through these sweet, buttery date pinwheel cookies. Enjoy them during the holidays or as a...


    Date Nut Log

    My mother served this dessert one year after a big holiday meal. We all thought it was delicious. Since then...


    Chocolate Date Squares

    "My mother-in-law used to send these moist bars to my husband when he was in the Army," relates field editor...


    Moroccan Spiced Fruit & Nut Bread

    Red pepper flakes combined with the cinnamon and allspice give each slice of this bread a subtle hint of warmth....