These date walnut palmiers have only 4 ingredients and take no time to make. Low on sugar but full of delicious flavor. A perfect tea-time snack.

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Did you know that January is hot tea month? As a Brit, I am from one of the biggest tea-drinking countries in the world. However some of my most memorable tea-drinking memories are actually from Morocco. I visited Morocco with my parents as a child and while there were some challenges (like navigating the souk/market), a few things still really stick in my mind.

Most of all, the smells, the food, the architecture and drinking mint tea.

I particularly remember tea being part of the rug-buying experience. Vendors would bring you into their store and sit you down with a glass of mint tea while they showed you as many rugs as possible before you either bought one or managed to extract yourself politely (or otherwise). Strangely, I don't particularly remember what if anything we ate with the tea, but I know these date walnut palmiers would go perfectly.

A French tradition in Morocco

Palmiers were introduced to Morocco when it was a French colony and are still very popular. Dates and walnuts are popular in Moroccan cooking as well, so I figured making date walnut palmiers would be a very fitting variation on the theme, bringing together local flavors that also pair perfectly with mint tea. To try to recreate the experience at home, without the rug sales talk, Bigelow's Peppermint or Mint Medley teas make the perfect choice.

How we tea proudly

While I admit I do love my coffee to kick-start my morning, tea for me is my drink of choice later in the day. When I lived in London, we would rarely have a team meeting at work that didn't involve a stop to buy tea first.

Both there and here, offering or accepting a cup of tea when meeting friends goes hand in hand with enjoying time with them. Around the world, tea is second only to water as the most consumed drink and it's becoming more popular, and trendy, here in the US as well.

They might look fancy, but palmiers are incredibly easy to make. First you whizz up some dates and walnuts in the food processor for the filling. Flatten out a sheet of puff pasty then crumble over the date-walnut mixture. Sprinkle on some sugar, roll it up, cut in slices then bake. You need to make sure you leave room for them to expand as they bake, but otherwise there's not much to note.

These date walnut palmiers make the perfect accompaniment to a warm, comforting cup of tea. Gently crisp, buttery and with a delicious sweet and slightly nutty filling. Plus so easy to make. Perfect for sharing with friends and family, and creating a few more memories. Why not start with sharing some of your own tea memories? How do you tea proudly?

Try these other nutty treats:

Baklava - layers of crisp pastry with a nut filling and honey syrup holding it all together
Persian walnut cookies - easy to make and naturally gluten free
German hazelnut cookies
Umm Ali - an Egyptian dessert similar to bread pudding
Plus get more snack recipes, both sweet and savory, in the archives.

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