Vegan Date Caramel Sauce

Dates are one of my loves. I keep pitted deglet noor dates in my freezer and grab one or two when I need a sweet treat. I make date paste to use as a sweetener in baked goods and homemade ice creams, too. I also make a killer chocolate sauce with dates that I'll share with you soon.

Dates have a naturally caramel-like flavor. That makes them the ideal choice to blend into a dip for apples or pears (or cookies!).

This Vegan Date Caramel Sauce is so simple and so good, there's no reason not to blend up a batch right away!

Vegan Date Caramel Sauce (vegan, gluten-free, free of top 8 allergens, sugar-free)
Makes approximately 1 cup

Ingredients:

• 1 cup pitted dates (medjool or deglet noor)
• 2 tablespoons nondairy milk of your choice
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seed butter (I used Sunbutter.)
• pinch of salt

Preparation:

1. Soak dates in water to cover for at least one hour.
2. Drain dates.
3. Blend all ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. 

Happy Cooking!

Kim

My new book,  Ancient Grains: A Guide to Cooking with Power-Packed Millet, Oats, Spelt, Farro, Sorghum & Teff (Superfoods for Life), is available now! Super Seeds, is available now! You can also find tasty recipes in Welcoming Kitchen: 200 Delicious Allergen- & Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes.