Top each slice of banana with 1 teaspoon of peanut butter, followed by 1/2 teaspoon
of the date caramel.
You've got the soft, chewy walnut and date base topped with delicious creamy coconut milk ice cream, slathered with plenty
of date caramel then topped with almond butter and roasted + salted almonds (you guys, trust me: the sweet / salty combo is the BEST!)
I'm a big fan
of date caramel too but you're totally right — it usually doesn't drizzle well, I tend to add too much milk and then it loses it's flavour but THIS looks totally perfect.
Alternatively, do as I did and have a couple
of these date caramel mocha bars as a post-workout recovery food.
Between the chewiness of the almond - oat crust, the almost custard - like texture
of the date caramel layer, and the toothsome chocolate on top... I think these are pretty close to perfect.
Once they've cooled, Top your vegan cinnamon rolls with plain coconut whipped cream, more
of the date caramel filling, or both!
I top the monkey bread with more
of the date caramel and some coconut cream for a bright pop of color and even more richness.
Using a cookie scoop to scoop a table spoon amount
of the date caramel.
Place a heaping teaspoon
of Date Caramel into the center of the thumbprint and spread it around so it fills the entire thumbprint.
Not exact matches
For the salted
caramel ones, fill 12
of the half egg shells with
date caramel.
The taste
of this is pretty insane too, the
caramel - like
dates work so well with the coconut oil, sweet apple puree, zesty ginger and chocolaty cacao to create something totally divine.
And nothing like you expect them to either — I expected this to taste
of dates — it didn't — it tasted
of chocolate and
caramel.
Now, imagine a combination
of rich, creamy nut butters, sweet
caramel - y
dates, and aromatic vanilla.
I find when I make
date caramel it can take a bit
of time to achieve the perfect, creamy consistency.
Unlike traditional
caramel which is purely refined sugar, this healthy version is made with delicious medjool
dates, coconut oil and a touch
of milk.
The salted
caramel is made from gooey
dates with a splash
of bourbon, and each truffle is topped with a generous sprinkle
of salt and a small pink rose petal.
The result is lusciously sweet
caramel that's full
of the health benefits
of dried
dates with just a little
of the very fall - like flavor
of the
dates themselves — which pairs perfectly with the pumpkin in these muffins.
I tried half
of the recipe with the
date caramel sauce (very little actually) & half with maple syrup and both were so good!
CONTENTS Why This Book Now 1 BASICS Gremolata 10 Aioli 10 Bagna Cauda 12 Salsa Verde 13 Chimichurri Sauce 14 Yogurt Sauce 16 Tzatziki 17 Tomatillo Salsa 18 Spiced Nut -
Date Sauce 20 Buttermilk - Herb Dressing 21 Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 24 Greenest Goddess Dressing and Dip 24 Applesauce 27 Sautéed Apples 28 Romesco Sauce 29 Quick Tomato Sauce 30 Chicken Stock 32 Ricotta Cheese 33 Cream Cheese Dough 36 Crème Fraîche 37 Preserved Lemons 39 Preserved Quince 42 5 - Day Sauerkraut 44 Quick Vegetable Pickles 49 Strawberry - Orange Jam 50 Blueberry Jam 51 Peach Jam 56 Quince Jelly 58 Apple Butter 60 Corn Tortillas 62 BREAKFAST AND BRUNCH Granola 68 Flax - Coconut Muffins 71 Banana Bread with Streusel Topping 74 Sour Cream Coffee Cake 76 Buckwheat Crêpes 77 Any Day Pancakes 82 Buckwheat Dutch Baby with Sauteéd Apples 83 Crispy Waffles 85 Popovers 86 Kuku Sabzi (Persian Vegetable and Herb Omelet) 88 Mollet Eggs with Avocado and Roe 92 APPETIZERS AND SNACKS Goat Cheese — Garlic Spread 98 Fig - Plum Compote 101 Stuffed
Dates 101 Ceci Cacio e Pepe (Roasted Chickpeas with Cheese and Pepper) 103 Granola Bark 104 Cheese - and - Pepper Crackers 107 Gougères 110 Pissaladiere 112 Aguachile with Shrimp and Scallops 115 Chicken Liver Mousse 116 Socca (Chickpea Crisps) 118 Gravlax 120 SOUPS Ancho Pepper Soup 126 Cauliflower - Garlic Soup with Watercress Pesto 129 Billi Bi Soup with Saffron 131 Simple Crab Bisque 134 Black Bean and Ham Hock Soup 136 Stracciatella (Italian Egg Drop Soup) 138 Avgolemono (Greek Lemon Soup) 141 Kapusniak (Polish Cabbage and Sour Cream Soup) 143 Summer Greens Soup 144 SALADS, VEGETABLES, AND SIDES Vegetable Slaw 148 Fattoush with Country Bread 151 Treviso Salad 152 Kale and Cucumber Salad with Tahini - Lemon Dressing 153 English Pea, Pea Shoot, Fennel, and Goat Cheese Salad 154 Purple Salad 157 Celery Root and Citrus Salad 158 Romanesco Salad 160 Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Panzanella with Basil Salsa Verde 161 Chicken — Celery Root Salad 163 Tomato, Shelling Beans, and Cucumber Salad 164 Many Bean Salad with Preserved Lemon and Herbs 166 Dark Leafy Greens with Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 168 Job's Tears Salad 169 Black - Eyed Peas, Ham, and Collards 170 Royal Corona Beans with Chimichurri Sauce and Smelts 172 Succotash 173 Roasted Fall Vegetables and Apples 175 Zucchini - Herb Fritters 178 Beets and Greens with Hazelnuts and Honey - Vinegar Dressing 181 Pan-Roasted Eggplant 182 Roasted Baby Eggplant with Yogurt Sauce 182 Masa Harina and Millet Cornbread 184 Whole - Loaf Cheesy Garlic Bread 186 Cheese and Corn Soufflé 188 Corn, Green Beans, and Parmesan 193 Sorghum and Corn «Risotto» 195 Restaurant Mashed Potatoes 197 Cottage Fries 198 Creamed Potatoes with Dill 200 Rösti Potatoes 201 Potato Gratin 203 Fried Potatoes and Roasted Oyster Mushrooms 206 Chris Kronner's Onion Rings and Tempura Vegetables 207 Brandade 209 MAINS Ricotta Dumplings 214 Spring Risotto 217 Seafood Salad with Lemon - Garlic - Herb Dressing 219 Chopped Salad
of Salmon and Vegetables 220 One - Side Sautéed Salmon with Chive Butter Sauce 223 Hot - Smoked Salmon with Salsa Verde Cream Sauce 225 Seafood Stew with Aioli 227 Spatchcocked Roasted Chicken 228 Fried Chicken 233 Savory Bread Pudding with Wild Mushrooms and Bacon 237 Cider
Caramel Pork Ribs 241 Pork Chops in Mustard Sauce with Apples 243 Lamb Kofta (Spicy Lamb Skewers) 245 Dry - Rubbed Tri-Tip 249 Carbonnade à la Flamande with Celery Heart Salad (Flemish Beef Short Rib Stew) 254 Beef Daube (Beef Stew) 256 GATHERINGS Menus 260 Pan Bagnat 263 Eggplant Parmesan Gratin with Fresh Tomatoes and Quinoa 264 Holiday Turkey with Turkey Gravy 266 Carnitas 272 Porchetta 276 Leg
of Lamb over Potato - Onion Gratin with Mint Salsa Verde 279 DESSERTS Shortbread 284 Fresh Ginger Cookies 285 Chocolate - Buckwheat Madeleines 288 Pistachio Madeleines 290 Jam Bars 292 Walnut Pralines 294 Double Chocolate Sorghum Brownies 296 Apple Beehive 297 Spiced Apple - Walnut Cake 300 Lemon Pound Cake 302 Cornmeal - Ricotta Upside - Down Cake 305 Teff Carrot Cake 308 Birthday Cake with Fluffy Milk Chocolate Frosting 310 Tartine Chocolate - Almond Cake 314 Mocha - Hazelnut Cake with Whipped Cream 317 Pavlova with Citrus and Stone Fruit 319 Blueberry Cobbler with Cornmeal Buttermilk Biscuit Topping 324 Apple Pie 328 Boysenberry Pie 331 Cherry - Frangipane Galette 332 Champagne Gelée with Strawberries 334 Dark Chocolate and Toasted Almond Semifreddo 338 Chocolate Pots de Crème 340 Kabocha Custard 341 Flan 343 Lemon Pudding Cake 346 Persimmon Pudding 347 Catalonian Rice Pudding 349 Sticky
Date Pudding with Hot Toffee Sauce 252 Candied Orange Peel 355 Fluffy Milk Chocolate Frosting 357 Marshmallows 358
These delightful candy cups
of happiness are stuffed with
caramel made from
dates.
We lot ours with raw
date caramel or peanut butter!!!! They are one
of the girls go to snacks / breakfasts in the summer and early fall!
Make the
caramel: Add
dates, almond butter, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and coconut oil to a food processor and blend until smooth, this may take a minute or two depending on the power
of your machine.
We're celebrating the bountiful harvest
of every season with tasty dried fruit in Breton tarts, a scrumptious
Date and Hazelnut
Caramel Cake (our cover star!)
The apple and cinnamon flavor
of these bars are highlighted by the sweet streams
of date - based
caramel sauce swirled throughout.
Date and Hazelnut
Caramel Cake, p. 85: Use a 9 - inch springform pan (instead
of an 8 - inch pan) and bake for about 1 hour.
I love the whole chunks
of pecans throughout and the
dates give it such a great
caramel - y flavor!
The
caramel - y layer
of the snickers comes from either vegan
caramel or
dates.
The salty
date caramel is just that:
dates and a bit
of salt... and a splash
of vanilla.
The oat /
date base has those
caramel - y notes and the top layer really does feel like the texture
of a decadent truffle.
I mean, banana bread has to be one
of the most delicious, comforting dessert / snacks in the world and if that wasn't enough I've gone and topped it with a healthy
caramel made from delicious, creamy mejdool
dates.
1 cup cashews 1 14 - ounce cans coconut cream OR full fat coconut milk 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa or cacao powder powder 1/4 cup coconut sugar or 8 Medjool
Dates 1 bean or 1 tsp pure vanilla extract Pinch
of salt 1 vegan chocolate bar (salted
Caramel yes please)
As in, no, our 2 - ingredient no - sugar
date caramel sauce contains none
of those.
It has a rich creamy body with the
caramel notes from
dates and a flaky crunchy crust and just the right amount
of pecaniness.
I add flake salt to the finished top layer after glazing with maple syrup to create the final note, the one that gives balance and complements the natural
caramel sweetness
of the
date filling.
Love the sound
of nut butter plus
date paste into
caramel.
Next, you'll make a
date caramel that's almost too luscious to describe, to layer on top
of the crumbly sweet base.
This slow cooker salted
date caramel apple butter is one
of those recipes.
Well they also make a
caramel out
of dates and it has such an awesome flavor.
Approved by the Vegan Society, this spicy condiment sauce is made from a blend
of date syrup, molasses and
caramel with other exotic spices.
Inspired by Twix bars, these slices have a flakey shortbread - like base a rich
caramel centre and are topped with a thick layer
of chocolate, sweetened with
dates.
My first google search for vegan
caramel yielded a tonne
of recipes for
date caramel.
Speaking
of filling, it's literally 2 ingredients —
date paste for super rich, all natural
caramel flavor, and cinnamon, because duh.
But
of course, during a brainstorm a week later, it came to me: dark and stormy
date caramels!
Scrape the
date caramel out
of your blender / food processor onto the parchment lined baking sheet.
I'm sorry to the rest
of my favourite recipes, whom I loved so dearly before
Caramel came along: cookie dough bites, raw brownies, raw ice cream sandwich cookies and sweet potato
date muffins.
After that initial conversion
of ginger and
date caramel goodness, I couldn't get the flavor combination out
of my head.
I love the combination
of dates and pecans because I find that they both have mild
caramel undertones, so I think they truly complement each other.
The flavor combination in these
date caramels is heavenly, especially if you're a fan
of dark and stormy cocktails.
Pin It Serves: 1 cheesecake Ingredients: Base: 100 g almonds 75 g oats Pinch
of salt 150 g
dates, pitted 2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted 2 Tbsp maple syrup
Caramel Cheesecake Layer: 200 g cashews 400 g coconut milk, full... Continue Reading →
There are numerous varieties
of dates, from the sweet and firm Jumbo Medjool
dates to the small and
caramel - like Barhi
dates.