Chewy, Sweet and Salty Ritz Cracker Cookies
Recipes Cookies Desserts Holidays Kid-friendly Quick and Easy
Description
These cookies are addictive with their sweet and salty flavors combined together. They are simple to make quickly and can be made up to a month in advance to save time when hosting get-togethers.
Ingredients
1/2 c. walnuts
1 c. dried dates
14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 - 1/2 lb. Ritz crackers (1 - 2 sleeves of crackers)
Glaze:
1/2 c. powdered sugar
1/4 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 c. milk
1/2 t. vanilla
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place walnuts in the bowl of a small food processor or a chopper; chop for about 15 seconds, or until ground until in small pieces, but not into dust or a paste. Add dates, 1/4 c. at a time, and continue chopping until finely chopped. This can done without a food processor, but it will be more time-consuming. Chop the dates by hand until they are very fine pieces no more than 1/8-inch to a side. Finely chop the walnuts, as well.
Place chopped walnuts and dates into a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan; pour the sweetened condensed over them; stir thoroughly; turn heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring frequently to prevent mixture from scorching; heat until it comes to a boil; simmer about 5 minutes or until mixture darkens slightly and pulls away from the sides of the pan. It will no longer be liquid, but a thick, gooey, sticky mixture.
Remove from heat. Use a small spatula or spoon to spread the mixture on the crackers, anywhere from just a dab to a heaping mound. Bake for 5 - 7 minutes, or until the crackers are just slightly more golden brown around the edges. Remove from the oven; place the baking sheet on a cooling rack to cool.
Glaze:
Place powdered sugar in a large glass measuring cup; whisk in cinnamon; add the milk a little at a time, whisking vigorously; whisk in vanilla; continue whisking until no lumps remain.
Drizzle glaze over the cooled cookies; let them stand for a few minutes to let the glaze firm up.
Serve.
These keep very well in a covered container, or can be frozen in a well-sealed container for up to a month.
Makes 36-48 cookies depending on the amount of topping placed on each cracker.