Friday, July 3, 2009

Soya Dates Cookies

These are simple cakey cookies I had found in Tarla Dala cookbook.The recipe is super simple yet full of fibre.Soya flour together with wheat flour make it superhealthy and dates act a substite to sugar thus reducing it and also supplementing iron.

Ingredients:
Dates Puree :
1/4 cup dates desseeded + 1/2 cup water.

Cookies:
Soya flour: 1/4 cup
Whole Wheat flour:1/4 cup
Apple sauce or low fat butter:4 tbsp
Sugar: 2 tbsp


Preparation:
Puree:
Chop the dates into small pieces and add 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup of water.Bring to a boil in non stick pan and then reduce heat and let it simmer for 10-12 minutes till the dates are cmplpetely mashed into the puree.Cool down and keep aside.This gives to almost 4-6 tbsp.

Cookies:
In a big bowl mix together both the flours and the sugar.Add in 1/4 cup of apple sauce and mix together till the dough starts forming or the entire mix resemble coarse breadcrumbs.You can also use lowfat butter or oil instead of this.Since oil/butter is used for moisture,it can be replaced by fruit purees like applesauce and thus reduce the unwanted fat given by oil/butter.

To the crumbly mass, add in spoonfuls of date puree till a sticky dough forms.Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap,try shaping it into a log and refrigerate it for atleast half and hour.

I actually kept it in the freezer for 30 minutes,but it showed no signs of firming.And it is not because of applesauce as I experimented the second time with lowfat butter and third time with a mix of butter and applesauce(2tbsp each) and also reduced the date puree.Still the results were same.So my assumption is the addition of dates could have caused it.

Take the dough out of the fridge and if firm roll it out into a thin sheet and cut into shapes using your choice of cookie cutters.Else simply cut the log shaped dough into thin or thick cookies.I found both impossible so I simply tore up pieces of dough,formed into small rounds and then flattened it and placed it in a lined baking sheet.

Bake in a preheated oven at 360F/180C for 22-25 minutes or till they are golden brown.


The cookies are very soft or cakey.More date puree you add the more cakier it will become.But the cookies are terribly delicious.The aroma of baked dates from the oven is terrific.The cookies which were only 12 (as minimum amount of flours were used) where polished off within half an hour.

The cakey yet low fat cookies are on way to Low Fat Baking Event by Madhuram of EgglessCooking

9 Comments:

Parita said...

Very innovative and healthy cookies there..

Anonymous said...

Wonderful healthy cookies Priya..looks moist

Nithya said...

very new and creative dish. Looks yummy. :)

Bergamot said...

looks really good. i liked the idea of using dates. I baked a batch of whole wheat cookies for the first time day before and realised that they can taste really good.

Priya Suresh said...

WOww cookies looks great CL!

Bindiya said...

What awesome and tempting pics!love your blog!!

Unknown said...

So creative and healthy cookies sweatha looks yum yum.

egglesscooking said...

That's quite a healthy combination Sweatha. I have never used dates puree, have to try it. Once I also tried a cookie recipe with honey and the dough was supposed to be refrigerated and then rolled out to cut into shapes. The same thing what you mentioned happened to me too, it did not firm at all. After 2 days it did firm, but I was not able to roll it, then I had to pinch small pieces of dough and bake it. That recipe too used whole wheat flour.

Usha said...

This is such a healthy and low fat cookie, I love it and love the idea of using date puree in the cookies to sweeten and flavor....

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