I had some dates leftover from making date-filled rolls and was wondering how to use them up. I was reminded of a wonderful date and walnut cake we used to buy around Christmas every year when we were in Goa. There is a shop called “Mr. Baker” in the middle of Panjim, which is run by two dear ladies and their date and walnut cake is beyond compare (I have made my own version of this which is quite nice but nowhere near theirs). That will keep for another post.
Coming back to the topic at hand, I decided to use the dates in some muffins and the recipe follows.
I still have not managed to finish those dates, so you will probably see some other date recipe in the future!!
Date and Walnut Muffins
I had some dates leftover from making date-filled rolls and was wondering how to use them up. I was reminded of a wonderful date and walnut cake we used to buy around Christmas every year when we were in Goa. There is a shop called “Mr. Baker” in the middle of Panjim, which is run by two dear ladies
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- xbe cup whole wheat flour
- xbc cup wheat germ
- xbe cup brown sugar light
- 2 tsps baking powder
- xbc tsp baking soda
- xbd tsp salt
- xbd cup dates , deseeded
- xbd cup walnuts
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg (optional, I made these muffins without )
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Instructions
- Chop the the dates and walnuts into smaller pieces. I pulsed them, separately, in my blender. The walnuts will need to be pulsed just once while the dates would need a little more.
- Set the oven to 200C.
- Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Put all the wet ingredients in another bowl and mix well. Now pour the wet ingredients into the dry ones and fold so that everything is just mixed. If the batter is a bit lumpy, thatu2019s okay. If the batter is over-mixed, the muffins will not be soft and springy in texture. Spoon the batter into greased muffin cups/ pan about 2/3 full. Bake for about 15 to 2o minutes.
- Cool slightly, remove to a rack. This recipe makes 12 muffins. I made 10 as my muffin cups are slightly on the larger side.
Notes
These muffins are very easy to make and do not require very much time. They are also healthy, quite filling and nice to eat at any time of the day.
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I'm Aparna and My Diverse Kitchen is my ovo-lacto vegetarian food blog where you'll find recipes, food stories & photography. I've been blogging since 2007 and believe the kitchen, and the dining table (by extension) is really the heart of a home. 
Nice way to use up leftover dates…hope u had a great time with the muffins
Cool. you made these without egg..!
Wonderful muffins and healthy one too
Thank you so much for this lovely entry!
healthy muffins….now a days i’m getting addicited to muffins…i make them almost evey weekend..
Yes, muffins are easy to put together and satisfying to eat.
Wow Aparna, looks yummy. What is a wheat germ? Can I find it in the regular grocery itself?
Nice Muffins Aparna. They are wholesome. Viji
Thanks, Viji. Red chillies, wheat germ is the germinating part of the wheat kernel. This is rich in vitamins, especially folate, and essential fatty acids. Wheat germ and bran are usually removed when refining flour, and adding it to foods while baking increases nutritive value and taste. I buy wheat germ and bran from my regular supermarket. It should be stored in the fridge.
i’d love to try these. thanks for the recipe.
hi Aparna, baked these last weekend, and it came out beautifully.Thanks for the recipe
Thans for trying them out, Sumi. I’m always happy to hear my recipe worked for someone.