Hi Friends! Learn how to make Date Paste (also known as date caramel) with just dates and water and use it to add natural sweetness and flavor to desserts and baked goods. Used them chopped or make a date paste by soaking dates in water for 30 minutes to two hours and process with some of the soaking water.

For using in recipes it’s no big deal, but for frostings and puddings and things that are supposed to be really creamy it’s not ideal. Remove dates from water and set the water aside. Blend until the date paste is creamy. Keep it plain, or flavor with cinnamon, vanilla or other flavors of your choosing. Refrigerated, date paste will … You can use a food processor, but it will never get quite as smooth I have found. Dates + water + high speed blender. Add a few tablespoons of soaking water to the date puree and continue to blend. Add more soaking water if needed. That is the best combination for making date paste. Just popping in with a quick tutorial for you guys in preparation for tomorrow’s recipe. In theory, yes, you can replace most sweeteners with date paste, but keep in mind that syrup sweeteners provide moisture as well as sugar, which means that you’ll need to thin the date paste out and get it to a consistency that is closer to syrup than to paste. Instructions Soak 2 cups of dates in 1 1/2 cups of water for 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.
Puree dates in food processor or blender.