Ingredients

Ingredients:

2 cups pitted Medjool dates

¼ cup raw nut or seed butter (almond, cashew, sesame tahini, sunflower)

4 tsp. fresh lemon juice

½ tsp. sea salt (or more to taste)

1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped

soaking water as needed

Preparation

Directions:

  1. Soak dates for at least 4 hours in water.
  2. Drain dates, reserving the soak water.
  3. Add dates to a food processor along with all other ingredients, except for soaking water. Blend on high until dates are smooth. Add soaking water, 1 tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached (for a sauce to pour or drizzle, add more water).
  4. Store in an airtight glass container in the fridge for up to a week.