Pomegranate treats? Sukkot?

13 days ago

When I was a kid, one of the local bakeries had a certain cookie they only made in the early Fall. They were simple cookies with a dot of hard icing in a circle of chocolate. We loved them. My mother would buy them for Sukkot--one of the majoy Jewish holidays other people don't know about (whereas everybody has at least heard of Hanukkah, which is a minor holiday). It's the harvest, and we make harvest homes to live in outside. And lots of company and going to their homes and nice things to eat. I wouldn't even try to make Sukkot cookies. They're too specific to get wrong, but my group will be meeting and I'd like to make a treat.

Pomegranates work well, but the only thing I've made with them is pink icing for Valentine's Day. :) It could just be something Fall Harvesty,

Any recipes or ideas? It should be portionable and a snack or treat rather than a food that's part of a meal.

Thanks!!

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Fun2BHere
12 days ago
Date Cookies

Spicy cookies with chewy dates. The dates sweeten these cookies without going overboard.

Submitted by SaraPrep Time: 1 hrCook Time: 10 minsTotal Time: 1 hr 10 minsServings: 36 Yield: 6 dozen

Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ⅓ cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- 2 teaspoons water
- 1 ½ cups chopped pitted dates
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
1. Cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves; gradually stir into creamed mixture. Combine water and dates; stir into dough along with chopped pecans. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts

calories156total carbohydrate 20g dietary fiber 1g total sugars 12g protein2g total fat 8g saturated fat 4g cholesterol 29mg vitamin c 0mg sodium 78mg calcium10mg iron 1mg potassium 71mg
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plllog
Original Author
11 days ago
That sounds good! And I might have a large thing of dates. I might even have pecans. It sounds nicely Fall harvesty.
NiCOZ5
9 days ago
@Fun2BHere...That recipe looks REALLY GOOD! I'm out of dates...I'll put them on my list...
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