Sticky Date Cookies

In my family we love anything with the words sticky and date in the title.  We have puddings, cakes, cheesecakes but this is the first recipe I have seen for sticky date cookies!  They just look so moreish! Recipes + recipe.

Ingredients
150g dried dates
180g butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg yolk
2 cups plain flour
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp bi carb soda
1 cup demerara sugar

Method

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees
• Line 2 baking trays with baking paper
• Place dates in a heatproof bowl, cover with boiling water and stand for 5 mins
• Drain dates and using a blender, blend until smooth
• Beat butter, sugar and essence in a bowl until creamy
• Add the egg yolk beat
• Add the date puree, beat to combine
• Add the flour, ginger and bi carb soda, and beat until a soft dough forms
• Place denerara sugar in a bowl and roll tbsp of the dough into a ball and then in the sugar
• Place on the tray and flatten, allow room to spread
• Bake for 15 mins or until edges are firm