Medjool Date Recipes
Medjool Dates
History of Medjool Dates
The Care and Harvesting of Medjool Dates

Bacon Wrapped Medjool Dates
Stuffed Dates
Honey Date Crystal Bars
Date Crystal Coffee Cake
Spicy Date Loaf

Bacon Wrapped Medjool Dates
24 Medjool Dates, pitted
8 thin slices of Bacon
Olive Oil for sauté
  Cut each bacon strip into three pieces. Gently wrap a bacon piece around each date, overlapping the bacon so that it adheres to itself. Use a toothpick to pierce through the layers of bacon and the date. Place wrapped dates on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Chill in refrigerator for at least 10 minutes, or overnight, before baking.
  Place the dates into the preheated oven (350 degrees) and bake until the fat is rendered and the bacon is crisp - about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve warm or at room temperature.

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Stuffed Dates
16oz. Dates, pitted
1 Pkg. or 3oz. Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 Cup Chunky Peanut Butter
Use a small sharp knife dipped in cold water, and cut an opening across each date.
In a small bowl, mix cream cheese and peanut butter with a fork until blended. Form small balls using 1/2 tsp. of the mixture for each.
Press a ball into the opening of each date; cover and chill for 1 hour.

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Honey Date Crystal Bars
Soften:
1 Cup Date Crystals in 1/2 Cup Orange Juice, and set aside.
In a separate bowl, mix together:
1 1/4 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp salt.
Blend flour mixture with:
1/2 Cup Butter
1 Cup Honey
1 Tbsp. Grated Lemon Rind
1 tsp. Vanilla

Beat in 3 eggs, one at a time. When mixed enough to blend, add one cup chopped pecans, and the softened date crystals.
Bake in a greased 13x9x2" pan, at 350 degrees, for 30 minutes. Makes 3 dozen 1x3" bars.

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Date Crystal Coffee Cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Combine: (batter will be stiff)
2 Cups Flour
1 Cup Date Crystals
1 Cup Sour Milk
2 Tbsp. Melted Shortening
1/8 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tsp. Baking Powder
Spread in a 9" cake pan.
Mix, and top with:
1 Cup Raw Instant Oats
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 Cup Date Sugar or Brown Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/3 Cup Melted Margarine

Bake for 35 minutes.

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Spicy Date Loaf
1 1/2 Cups Boiling Coffee
1 1/2 Cups Cut Dates
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Chopped Nuts
1 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup Sugar
3/4 Cup Shortening
2 Eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Salt
  Pour coffee over dates and set aside. Cream sugars and shortening well. Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time.
  Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with date mixture, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Add nuts and vanilla.
  Bake in a 14x10" greased and floured pan, and 350 degrees, for 40-45 minutes.
Serve with whipped dream, or frost with a browned butter frosting.

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From Basket Creations and More, LLC retailers of Bard Date Company Yuma, Arizona 
They offer superb quality Medjool Dates in the jumbo, large, extra fancy and fancy grades; along with chopped, pitted, and cooking dates. To tempt anyone's palate try their milk, dark or white chocolate date pecan clusters. They carry date sugar, date coconut rolls, date almond rolls, date crystals and date nuggets. They also offer trays for office parties, baby showers, house warmings, weddings, formal and informal occasions where you want to offer a delectable quality treat grown locally in the Yuma, Arizona, region. Stop by their shop in Yuma's historic downtown district and try one of their world famous date shakes.