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My mother use to make a date
log roll, do you have a recipe?
Q: My mother used to make for the holidays a date
and raisin log roll. I have tried to find the recipe but no luck.
She took pitted dates and raisins, I believe, ground them up
in the old table clamp grinder along with walnuts (I think she
used black walnuts), then rolled them into a log roll. Then rolled
them in powdered sugar and froze them. She would then slice them
into wedges and serve. Do you have this recipe. My sister thought
she also added brandy, but knowing my mother, I doubt that. I
remember I liked them and would like to make them. Sincerely,
John
A: Hi John, If only we knew the foods we would miss
from our childhood and had simply thought to ask for the recipe!
Unfortunately, some recipes are never found again because many
cooks from the past (especially the good ones) didn't use recipes,
they simply cooked by the "a little of this and a little
of that" method.
To answer your question, there was a date nut roll that was popular
some time ago, but the one I am aware of also contains crushed
vanilla wafers and sweetened condensed milk as the binder. I
see no reason why you could not tweak the recipe a bit by adding
raisins to the mix and black walnuts instead of the pecans or
walnuts.
Here's is one such recipe at CooksRecipes.com: Date-Nut
Logs
Happy holidays and enjoy the
recipes,
Hope Pryor, Owner and Publisher
of CooksRecipes.com.
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The Daily Recipe. She has had several years of schooling in the
home arts and cooking and has over 30+ years of hands-on experience
in her own kitchen mastering her cooking skills which earned
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