225 pate recipes

Baked orange shells filled with dates, raisins, and walnuts, topped with a fluffy meringue and toasted coconut. A vintage fruit dessert that's pure elegance.

Whole onions stuffed with red lentils, dates, walnuts, raisins, and yogurt in this Bedouin-inspired vegetarian dish. Baked until golden and served with saffron rice or bulgur.

Sleigh Belles are angel food cake mix cookies in three festive flavors: chocolate chip walnut, coconut, and chopped date. Light, airy holiday cookies from one box of cake mix.

Beehive cookies are chewy, golden drop cookies made with honey, shredded coconut, walnuts, and chopped dates. Naturally sweet with no refined sugar, ready in 30 minutes.

A homestyle Christmas cake packed with dates, cherries, walnuts, and chocolate chips in a simple egg batter. Bakes into a dense, fruity loaf that wraps up beautifully for holiday gifting.

Healthy microwave cookies with soy flour, wheat germ, powdered milk, raisins, dates, cottage cheese, and honey: protein-packed snacks ready in 5 minutes.

Lighter sweet potato casserole made with egg whites, skim milk, and chopped dates, topped with a drizzle of maple syrup. Naturally sweet, low-fat, and ready in 45 minutes.

Chocolate chip fruitcake with candied cherries, dates, walnuts, and chocolate chips bound by a light egg-and-sugar batter. A modern fruitcake that converts even fruitcake skeptics.

A raw, no-bake peach cobbler layered with coconut, banana, dates, and a fresh black raspberry topping. Naturally sweetened, vegan, and ready in 15 minutes.

This relish is based on a prize-winning English recipe of more than a generation ago. It is less sweet than traditional chutneys; most of its sweetness comes not from sugar, but from apples, dates, and parsnips. I generally use Winesap apples but any well-flavored, crisp eating apple will do.

Apples, tangy cranberries, and pears under a granola-type crust can be served in small glass bowls for an inviting holiday meal conclusion.

Whipped cream fruit salad with pineapple, dark cherries, bananas, dates, marshmallows, and chopped nuts. A retro no-cook dessert salad ready in 5 minutes.

Sweet, chewy bar cookies loaded with walnuts, dates, and orange marmalade. Despite the name, these hardtack bars are soft, fruity, and utterly addictive.

Orange coconut chews packed with dates, shredded coconut, and fresh orange zest in a brown sugar base. Chewy, golden bar cookies with a tropical citrus twist.

A lighter baked rice pudding studded with chopped apples and dates, lifted with folded egg whites for a soufflé-like texture. Warm, cinnamony, and comforting.

No-bake paradise peach pie with fresh peach slices layered over a blended pineapple, pecan, and date filling. Vegan, no refined sugar, and ready without ever turning on the oven.