If you are in need of something to occupy the children or grandchildren over the holiday season you might like to give these simple Christmas Stuffed Dates a try! After making them see what extra sweet treats they can make with the leftover marzipan!
I often make these with my grandchildren – it has become something of a family tradition.
Christmas Stuffed Dates
Course: Sweet, SnacksDifficulty: Easy18
stuffed dates20
minutesIngredients
2 packs of Medjool Dates – my packs had nine dates each
250 grams marzipan (I used golden marzipan)
150 gram packet walnut halves (there should be some over)
A little granulated sugar
Directions
- Remove the stones from the dates by making a slit across the top.
- Take a small piece of marzipan and roll it into an oval shape resembling the date stone.
- Push this into the gap left in the date by the removal of the stone.
- Press half a walnut on top of the marzipan.
- Put some granulated sugar on a plate and roll the stuffed date in it.
Ideas for using the leftover marzipan
We had plenty of marzipan left over from the 500 gram pack after making the stuffed dates so I asked the children for ideas on how to use it.
They rolled out the leftover marzipan to about ¼ inch / 0.8 cm thick between baking parchment and then cut out stars with a mini star cutter.
They were then baked in a cool oven 130°C fan for 20 minutes. When they cooled down they were decorated with icing and glacé cherries.
The second idea was to just make little round of marzipan and top them with half a glacé cherry. These were baked in a cool oven 130°C fan for 25 minutes. They were rather more freeform than the stars as you can see from the photo!
If you need some more Christmas baking ideas please see my other Christmas recipes!
Happy Baking!
