Cinnamon Buttered Dates, Al Rangina From Qatar

Total Time: 8 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb dates, pits removed
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/3 cup flour
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 arrange the dates on a pretty plate.
• 2 melt the butter and whisk in the flour and cinnamon and cook for a few minutes until thickened into a gravy like sauce (whisk constantly).
• 3 now, spoon the buttery cinnamon mixture over and around the dates.
• 4 let the warm sauce cool to room temperature, then dust like crazy with as much powdered sugar as you can stand.