444 date recipes

Scrumptious little sweet tarts that are simply filled with a bit of brown sugar and dates. No "pork" involved, just old-fashioned Acadian simple goodness.

Quick and easy to make, and they taste absolutely delicious. So far nobody who tastes them doesn't love them. These yummy treats are ideal snack at Christmas.

Walford salad is a Waldorf-style fruit salad with celery, grapes, diced apple, dates, and walnuts in a wine-thinned mayonnaise dressing. Crisp, sweet, no cooking required.

Quick bread made with canned pumpkin, dates and walnuts. Perfect for breakfast anytime during the fall season.

Pumpkin bread loaded with chopped dates, warming pumpkin pie spice, and a tender oil-based crumb. A two-loaf recipe perfect for fall baking, gift-giving, and freezer stash.

Cranberry nut bundt cake studded with whole tart cranberries, dates, and nuts, then drenched in a hot orange glaze that soaks deep into the warm cake. The Thanksgiving and Christmas dessert that gets better the longer it sits.

Buttery shortcrust pockets folded around a caramelized coconut filling studded with dates, raisins, and cashews, baked golden. A Sri Lankan sweet pastry with crisp edges and a chewy, nutty center.

Might want to eat it with a blindfold. It tastes a hell of a lot better than it looks.

Vegan pumpkin pie made with silken tofu instead of eggs and cream, sweetened with date sugar and molasses. Silky custard texture with classic Thanksgiving spice.

Super fudge cupcakes soak chopped dates in boiling water before folding into a chocolate batter studded with chips and nuts. Date-sweetened, intensely fudgy cupcakes with a tender crumb.

Vegetarian mince pies with a suet-free, no-suet British mincemeat: dried fruits, ripe banana, almonds, brandy, and warm spice tucked inside flaky shortening pastry. The traditional Christmas pie, made meatless.

My brother's Sticky Toffee Christmas pudding recipe that he serves with homemade Chai Latte Ice cream.

Christmas persimmon cake with ripe Hachiya pulp, raisins, dates, nuts, and warm holiday spices. A spiced loaf cake that bakes long and slow for a moist, fruitcake-style holiday gift.

Banana orange yogurt muffins are a healthy oat-based breakfast bake with mashed banana, fresh orange zest, plain yogurt, and chopped dates. Lower-fat with egg whites, ready in under an hour.

It was definitely my kind of dessert, it's sweet, but too sweet; vanilla sauce gave some richness, but wasn't overwhelming. The peach-maple filling was so delicious, packed with fresh peach flavor, of course :D and the juicy filling was just oozing out loudly.

This is a traditional English sweet. Moist, rich cake with dates, covered in a caramel/toffee sauce. Best served warm.