Holiday Dates
"These are a family tradition, Thanksgiving and Christmas. My mother-in-law always had a dish of these on the table. The recipe was handed down to her, it is probably 100 years old, at least. Prep time is for about 16 stuffed dates."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
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16 stuffed dates
ingredients
- 16 Whole dates
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 16 big walnut halves
- sifted powdered sugar
directions
- Pit dates (pitted dates tend to dry out)
- Stuff with cream cheese
- Press walnut half into cream cheese
- Roll in powdered sugar (re-roll leftovers).
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Reviews
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These are so easy and perfect for hors d'oeuvres. They are a little healthier than most candies and taste fantastic. -
It used to be my job as a child to make the stuffed dates for Christmas. We used the same recipe but didn't use cream cheese and used granulated sugar instead. This recipe looks even better! -
Aren't these great! I make these every Christmas too along with some of the dates stuffed with just peanut butter and rolled in the sugar. The little grandkids like those best. -
Every Christmas we make these too. For as long as I can recall. Love them! It's not Christmas in our house without them.
Tweaks
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It used to be my job as a child to make the stuffed dates for Christmas. We used the same recipe but didn't use cream cheese and used granulated sugar instead. This recipe looks even better!
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