If you are looking for simple egg free cookies, then try this Dates Mascarpone Olive Oil Cookies. Only sweetner used in the recipe is dates. If you are looking for refined sugar free cookies, this will be wonderful addition.
We bought a big box of dates a month ago. My original plan was to make some mamoul, however it did not happen and dates were sitting in the pantry. My hubby when ever goes into the pantry will say you see the box of dates is here, try it and I will be happy if it is eaten and not thrown into the garbage after some time. As usual I would nod my head and say I am going to make something with them. Last week I went out to shop at Whole Foods, a specialty store; I love to shop there, and the aim was to find whole white wheat flour.
Mocha Banana Dates Smoothie
Royal Milk Shake
Dates Mascarpone Olive oil Anise cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Chopped dates
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- 1/8 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Anise seed
- 1 tsp Orange zest Zest of one orange
- 1/5 cup Mascarpone cheese: I used homemade
- 3 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1/4 cup Water
- 2 tbsp Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line two baking tray or cookie sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.
- Pulse ½ cup flour with dates in food processor or mixer grinder until dates gets finely chopped, transfer to a large bowl.
- Stir in remaining flour, orange zest, salt, pepper and baking powder. Mix in mascarpone cheese and oil into the center and stir until everything get incorporated. It resembles bread crumbs, to this gradually add water and knead to form soft dough.
- Wrap the dough with cling wrap and set aside in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, knead dough once again and transfer to work bench and flatten them using a roller. Found this part was sticky so used a Ziploc bag and pressed a small ball of dough in between them using a roller to form a thin sheet of ¼ inch thickness.
- Cut them using star shaped cookie cutter and arranged on prepared baking sheet. Brush the top of cookies with milk and bake for about 10 minutes or until they become golden brown.
- Remove from the baking sheets and set aside to cool in cooling rack. Once it cooled, store it in airtight container.
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
Very Cool idea to make cookies with dates & Olive Oil..these could be addictive I know!
The cookies look scrumptious!
Good that you put the dates to good use. I am sure they would have tasted perfect.
Swathi-such a coincidence. I have a huge bag of seedless dates from Costco that is just sitting in my frig, that I have not made anything with, but home made mascarpone?…you are a genius!
Just how do you make that?
The cookies look so yummy, and I do have a bag of white whole wheat flour too. Will, for sure make these yummy cookies. It will also look festive with some royal icing.
Thanks for sharing!
crispy n delicious cookies..
yumm delicious and attractive.. bookmarked!
wow cool cookies.feel like grabbing some…
Elisabeth
You can make homemade masacarpone using heavy whipping cream.
http://kitchenswathi.blogspot.com/2010/02/orange-tiramisu-for-daring-bakers.html
Yes you can try this cookies with royal icing too.
These cookies look great!
This looks awesome…mouth watering.
Great idea for cookie dough ingredients! Sounds delish :). Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
Great idea! Very different, but I’m sure its tasty.
Very good job..Loving it
tht looks so so delicious n mouthwatering….wow
wow, those are simply amazing
So cute and pretty yummy cookies…
looks perfect and yummy 2
Cute delicious cookies,looks delicious.
I love it i love it..Love the star cookies….
Black pepper and anise in the cookies …this sounds terrific, rarely found such combo. Love the ingredients you’ve used and these are my kind of cookies I like most. Delicious!
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I rate your cookies 5 star! Wonderful shape and flavor! Ideal for the holiday table! Got to find the same cookie cutter soon! Thanks for this celestial idea!!! Happy holidays!
Wow,love the cookies Swathi. I love baking cookies and these are 5 Star cookies. PERFECT.Nice ideas and combo you used
So many different flavors coming together… Sounds delicious and really different!
Perfect for Xmas…looks too good..
Looks so lovely. Bookmarked..
cute presentation 🙂
very cute louv the ingredinets
Those sound great!
p.s. I like the white background…it makes your blog ‘pop’ and look very clean and easy to read.
Anise and dates sound like a great combination! I’m sure these cookies were delicious!
Cookies look crisp and delicious.
Lite Bite
wow…drooling recipe..truly innovative..
Tasty appetite
Dates and anise are really lovely together! What beautiful cookies!
what a crackling combination of ingredients—wow ! loved it !!
I hear dates are awesome for sweetening baked goods! THese cookies sound delicious.
wow..awesome combo..n pics…neva tried before..love it!
oh wow!!! that looks fabulous..!!! loved it a lot!!
cookies are so tempting ..snow man is sooooo lovely…
I love every single thing in these Swathi! They sound incredibly good and the stars are real pretty and festive! I love that white whole wheat flour – I use it all the time.
Lovely treats for this festive season..
US Masala
A real festive looking cookie and i am sure they tasted yummy too.
What a cute star, Swathi! I thought it was sweet star. =)
I’ve never tried mascarpone cheese but sounds delicious to me!
Loving all the ingredients there sounds like a fab idea!
love these star cookies.. perfect for gifts!
thanks for dropping by,will be glad if u send these cookies for the jingle event on my blog they look perfect for the event
perfect for Christmas gifts!
Merry Christmas, splendid creation…the result it yummilious. Very heart healthy…like the whole-grain kind of stuff:)
Cookies look so beautiful dear. Must have tasted great with dates and anise.
Love the star shaped cookies. Dates and anise sound great! I’d love to try these!