Homemade Date Paste

After washing the red dates, soak them for 1 hour, cook them in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes, then take them out and let them cool before removing the pits one by one.

After removing the jujube pits, use a fine sieve to filter out the jujube skins, then pour the jujube paste into a non-stick pan and cook until the water evaporates.

Add an appropriate amount of sugar according to your taste, or you can choose not to add any (weight not measured).

Turn to low heat and keep stirring with a spoon.

Continue heating, add an appropriate amount of cooking oil, and keep stirring to prevent burning, the jujube paste gradually deepens in color.

Stir until it reaches this consistency, it will become thicker after cooling.

Take out the prepared jujube paste, fragrant and sweetly tempting.

Thoroughly cooled jujube paste is suitable for making jujube paste pastries, jujube bread, etc., with a fragrant and sweet taste that is appetizing.