7 traditional date Recipes

all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, vegetable shortening, sugar, egg, grated fresh orange zest, fresh orange juice, filling such as date orange filling , apple raisin filling , prune lekvar, poppy-seed filling, or apricot or cherry jam

sweet potatoes, fresh gingerroot, skinned and sliced (approx . 45g), water, dried red dates (optional), slab raw brown sugar (approx . 60g, if not available, can be substituted with rock sugar)

sunflower oil, pitted dates, chopped, ground cinnamon, semolina (fine or medium), granulated sugar, baking powder, sunflower oil, water, blanched almonds or whole cloves, for garnish, sugar, water, honey, lemon , juice of, 2 to 3 tbsp

candied red cherries, candied green cherries, candied date, candied pineapple, chopped pecans, flaked coconut, all-purpose flour, sweetened condensed milk

walnuts, almonds, apples, pitted dates, raisins, cinnamon, grape juice (red is traditional)