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justaprogressive

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Sat Dec 6, 2025, 01:21 PM Dec 6

Irresistible Desserts For The Holidays V: Vegan Desserts 🌞 [View all]

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Date Cake

This is a no-bake date cake that has bits of dark chocolate and
flavorful groundnuts.

Preparation Time: 1 hour

Cooking Time: No Cooking Required

Serves: 4

Ingredients:


1 cup date paste
½ cup dark chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup groundnuts
½ cup honey
½ tsp sea salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder

Instructions:

In a large mixing bowl, combine the groundnuts and date paste.
Add the dark chocolate, sea salt, cinnamon, honey, and mix well.
Add to a serving dish. Add the dish in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Serve.


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Date Coconut Balls

Coconut date balls taste great and need no cooking time.
Isn’t it remarkable?

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: No Cooking Required
Serves: 12 balls

Ingredients:

1½ cups date paste
½ cup desiccated coconut
4 tbsp honey
1 pinch sea salt
1 pinch cinnamon
½ cup shredded coconut
4 tbsp groundnuts

Instructions:

In a mixing bowl, combine the date paste with the honey,
groundnuts, sea salt, cinnamon, and shredded coconut.

Mix well and make little balls.

Roll them on the desiccated coconut.
Let them set for 1 hour and then serve.


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Vanilla Custard Slice

This is really a vegan dessert! The texture is soft and the light
vanilla flavors soothes the senses.

Preparation Time: 4 hours
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:


2-sheet vegan puff pastry
4 cups soy milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/3 cup corn flour
1 pinch turmeric
1/3 cup granulated sugar
½ cup almond butter

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Grease to baking trays using butter.

Place the puff pastry and bake them for 15 minutes.

Take out of the oven.

In another cake pan, add wax paper.

In a saucepan, add the soy milk, vanilla, and simmer for 10 minutes.

Take off the heat and let it cool down.

In another saucepan, combine the sugar and the corn flour.

Add the soy milk mixture gradually and keep stirring.

Cook for 10 minutes. Add the turmeric and butter, mix well.

Take off the heat.

Place one puff pastry on your prepared cake pan.

Add the milk mixture. Top with the other puff pastry.

Place in the fridge until served.


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Cinnamon Rice Pudding

This rice pudding is filled with flavors of molasses
and cinnamon, and it tastes amazing.

Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients:


1/2 cup rice
4 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 pinch salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 cup molasses

Instructions:

In a large saucepan, add the rice with coconut milk.

Cook on medium high heat for 15 minutes.

Simmer for 5 minutes.

Add the shredded coconut, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and
molasses. Stir well.

Cook for 10 minutes. Serve cold.


All the above from "Vegan Desserts"


Mmmmm Dates!

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