Date Roll/Date Roll Recipe...Christmas Sweet

Date rolls are one of our family favourite Christmas sweet .Date rolls are cookie stuffed with dates and walnuts and baked..These date rolls are very delicious .Soft buttery rolls stuffed with dates and nuts make a wonderful sweet.These are actually egg less cookies except for the egg wash which can be avoided if you don't want to use eggs.

Ingredients
250  gms maida/all purpose flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
125 gm butter softened
2 - 3 tbsp powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract/essence
Chilled milk to knead approx 1/2 cup or as needed
200 gms seedless dates
100  gms walnuts/cashews.
egg yolk + water for egg wash.

Method:

• Mix together flour ,butter ,pinch of salt (avoid salt if using salted butter) sugar till it resembles crumbs.
• Adding  little milk knead to soft dough.
• Roll it like chapati and cut into strips approx 1 1/2 ''.
• Place the seedless dates and walnut/cashew and roll to cover the edges
• Apply little water to seal the edge .

• Apply the egg wash for glaze.
• Place the rolls on baking tray lined with parchment paper.
• Pre heat the oven for 10 min at 180 degree Celsius.
• Bake for 15 mins.

• Cool completely before storing in airtight containers.

for the other traditional  Christmas Sweets do check the links below
Neouries/Nevries/Sweet puff
Kul Kul
Rose Cookies
Marzipan
Milk Cream
Snowballs/Nankhaties