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Home » Blog » Recipes » Madgooga (Date Balls)
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Madgooga (Date Balls)

Beth Torah Caterers • Oct 23, 2012 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)
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Madgooga (Date Balls)

Easy, Healthy, and Natural Dessert
Passover Friendly

In Baghdad they used to bang the dates with a mortar and pestle with the walnuts to form a nice mix that my mother would roll into balls.

Madgooga (Date Balls)

Madgooga (Date Balls)

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups of pitted dates
  • 2 cups of chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • Optional: Shredded Coconuts

Instructions

  • Place dates and walnuts in a food processor
  • Pulse the food processor until it forms a nice paste
  • Dip the tip of your fingers in vegetable oil
  • Take pieces of the paste and roll them into small one inch balls
  • Place it into cupcake paper for a nice display
  • Optional: Dip date balls in shredded Coconut
Category: Recipes
Holidays: PassoverRosh Hashanah
Diets: Gluten FreeHealthyLow Fat
Styles: Kid-Friendly

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  1. Tamar Genger MA, RD

    Apr 20, 2016 at 11:11 am

    About 2 dozen

    Reply
  2. Chase

    Apr 19, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    How man date balls does this recipe make?

    Reply
  3. nstrauss

    Mar 24, 2015 at 10:11 pm

    can this be frozen?

    Reply
  4. judith lilja

    Sep 8, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    I plan on making the date balls. Must go to store for supplies first.

    Reply

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