Date Beehive
Date Beehive

This is a honeycomb-shaped bread filled with dates and cream cheese, brushed with date molasses. The French and Italians will love this as a pâtisserie-style item, while the UK and Dutch appreciate warm, filled breads.

Ingredients
Yield
  12 balls
White flour
2 cup
Cream cheese
1
Black cumin
A pinch
Salt
½ teaspoon
Oil
3 tablespoons
Date honey
1 tablespoon
Warm water
1 cup
Instant yeast
1 tablespoon
Sugar
½ teaspoon
Powder milk
2 tablespoons
Khalas maknooz dates
20 pieces
Preperation
Total Time 2 hours
Step 1

In bowl mix half cup of warm water, instant yeast and sugar.

Step 2

Allow to stand, until bubbles are popped from the mixture.

Step 3

Using an electric mixer, beat dates with the rest of the warm water cup.

Step 4

Sift the flour, powder milk and salt then pour over the instant yeast mixture then oil then the dates mixture and mix them well for 5 min, until combined smooth cover and Let rise at a warm place, about an hour.

Step 5

Turn the dough out into a well flour surface, and roll into smooth balls and fill them with cream cheese into the center of each.

Step 6

Pinch the dough to seal in the cheese.

Step 7

Put the balls into the baking dish.

Step 8

Cover and leave them again for 10 min. Heat the oven to 200 C° and Bake them.

Step 9

Finally remove from heat and pour over dates molasses.

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