Date butter in dish

Date butter

By Cassie Best
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Prep: 4 mins No cook

Easy

Serves 4

Whip up this easy date butter with just a handful of ingredients. There's no cooking involved, it's delicious on toast or banana bread – and it's vegan if you make it with coconut oil

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable
  • Gluten-free
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal136
  • fat12g
  • saturates11g
  • carbs5g
  • sugars5g
  • fibre0.4g
  • protein0.2g
  • salt0.04g
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Ingredients

  • 150g coconut oil or butter
  • 80g soft pitted dates
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
    Maple syrup

    Maple syrup

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    The rising spring sap of a number of varieties of maple tree…

  • pinch of cinnamon
    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

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    A fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…

  • pinch of salt

Method

  1. In a small food processor, blend the coconut oil or butter, dates (we used medjool), maple syrup, cinnamon and salt. Chill until needed, will keep for up to a week.

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