Made completely with fruit, this Homemade Date Paste recipe is a healthy way to sweeten your baked goods!
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Finding a Homemade Date Paste Recipe on the internet is quite easy these days. I'm sure most of you have already heard of this 100% fruit sweetener, so this recipe won't be anything new.
However, I wanted to share this simple recipe/method with you, because I actually used date paste in two difference recipes this past week. The date paste took me no time to make and I absolutely love that it's a whole food, unrefined sweetener. We can surprisingly even find really cheap dates on-line where we live in China, so I know this will become my go-to sweetener once we return to China and even more so once I start introducing homemade sweet foods to our little girl in the future.
The reason I ended up making date paste this past week was because my mother-in-law had bought some pitted dates from Trader Joe's a while back and they needed to be used up. I had also just come across some recipes that called for date paste, so it was basically fate. I highly recommend buying already pitted dates to make date paste, because it will make this process that much simpler.
Date paste is just dates blended with water. You boil the dates in some water to get them all soft and gooey and then blend everything together until a smooth, paste forms. It couldn't be easier! If you like sweetening your desserts with dates, this date paste is perfect for you. Or you can check out my Date Brownie Recipe!
I'm sure there are many different water to date ratios that you can use to make date paste, but I like mine on the thicker side. I'd love to know if any of you make or use date paste on a regular basis. Also, if you have any recipe recommendations, please let me know! So far I've used mine to make Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal and a Chocolate Berry Chia Pudding.
If you're interested in making the Date Sweetened Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal I'll write out a quick recipe here. In a large bowl I whisked together 2 cups oat flour, 1 cup rolled oats and 1 tablespoon cinnamon. In a separate bowl I mashed 3 ripe bananas. Then to the bananas I added 1 can of pumpkin puree and ½ cup of date paste. After mixing together all the wet ingredients, I added the banana/pumpkin/date mixture to the oat flour and stirred everything together until combined. I poured the batter into an 8x8 baking dish lined with parchment paper and topped it with raisins and chopped walnuts. I baked the oatmeal for about 30 minutes at 350°F.
📖 Recipe
Homemade Date Paste Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 ½ cups pitted dates loosely packed
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Bring the dates and water to a boil in a saucepan.
- Once the water boils, reduce the heat to simmer and allow the dates to cook and soften for about 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and allow the dates and water to cool for a few minutes. Then carefully transfer everything in the saucepan to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Rochelle says
Any kind of dates specifically?
Faith VanderMolen says
I love Medjool dates, but any kind of date should work!
JJ says
Hello Healthy’s ones,
Thank you, for sharing, this will me this will be my first time trying this recipe.
Thanks again,
JJ
Faith VanderMolen says
You're so welcome!
Lee says
Think you could mix it with almond butter and bake it like fudge or brownies?
Faith VanderMolen says
Hi Lee! I have no idea, but I like the way you think. I'm guessing you'd also need to add some kind of flour. If you come up with a fun fudge or brownie recipe using date paste please let us know!
Christine Pirritt says
I’ve been making date paste for years as an alternative to sugary jams. Combining dates with fresh orange segments and fresh ginger, blended till smooth. Try it on toast with or without sliced banana and walnut butter. Yummy. ?
Faith says
The addition or orange and ginger is brilliant Christine! Thanks so much for sharing!