In a medium bowl, toss the dates and apricots or cranberries with the orange juice. Let stand 10 minutes. Place the butter in another medium bowl; mash with a fork until it is very soft and malleable.

Make sure your dates are fresh. They should not be overly dry or hard. Fresh dates will be soft, chewy, and full of flavor. When date pit removing, be gentle and ensure not to tear the date apart.

⅛ teaspoon kosher salt. 25 Medjool dates. ½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut. 1. Place the walnuts, pistachios, brown sugar, rose water, cinnamon, cardamom and salt in a food processor, and ...

THE DAY DAWNED RAINY, PUTTING A KIBOSH on the planned hike up Mt. Diablo in Northern California. Instead we spent the morning gazing out the windows at wind-buffeted mustard fields and clouds ...