Beth Hensperger

Cinnamon Date Cheese

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1½ cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker's 300 Favorite Recipes for Perfect-Every-Time Bread-From Every Kind of Machine
The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook

By Beth Hensperger

Published 2000

  • About

Cinnamon, the dried inner bark of a tropical evergreen tree, was once considered an important ingredient in ancient love potions. Paired with dates and vanilla in this soft, spreadable breakfast cheese, you will agree that it has a euphoric, as well as delicious, flavor. This is my favorite sweet cheese spread for toast.

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces (about 18) pitted dates
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, at room tempe

Method

  1. Cover the dates with water in a small saucepan. Cook, uncovered, over low heat until the dates are soft and the water is absorbed, about 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
  2. Place the dates in the work bowl of a food processor and puree them. Add the cream cheese, goat cheese, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Process just until blended and smooth. Pack the mixtu