TAHINI DATE COOKIES

Never would I have imagined that ground sesame seeds could make a cookie taste this good. The crispiness of the outside and chewiness of the inside was perfect. I admit, the deliciousness caused me to overindulge so be careful with these!

The recipe is by Natalie Jo at her blog “Feasting On Fruit”: Tahini Medjool Date Chunk Cookies. I only modified her recipe slightly.

If you are not familiar with Medjool dates, watch this short video by “Behind The Greens.”

Watch Dr. Greger’s 2019 video about the Benefit of Dates for Colon Health.

What I did differently and clarifications:

-Reduced salt to 1/8 teaspoon

-Chopped my own whole pitted dates

-After the first time I made these I started folding in about 6 date pieces at a time so they would spread in the dough more easily and evenly since so sticky

-I made 20 cookies instead of the suggested 12