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Cinnamon Date Tahini Café au Lait

A frothy coffee-and-milk mug with caramel-like date sweetness, warm cinnamon and a toasty sesame finish.

Cinnamon Date Tahini Café au Lait

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml)220 gBrewed coffeefreshly brewed, hot
  • 1 cup (240 ml)260 gSkim milk
  • 36 gMedjool dates, pittedfinely chopped
  • 2¾ tsp14 gTahinistirred well
  • ¾ tsp2 gGround cinnamon
  • ½ tsp2 gVanilla extract
  • a pinch0.3 gSalt

Steps

  1. Brew the coffee, finely chop the dates and stir the tahini in its jar until smooth before you start.
  2. In a small pot, combine the skim milk, chopped dates, cinnamon and salt.
  3. Warm over medium-low heat, stirring often, until steaming with small bubbles at the edge, about 5 minutes; do not boil.
  4. Take the pot off the heat and let it stand 2 minutes so the dates soften.
  5. Add the tahini and vanilla, then blend with an immersion blender until smooth and frothy, or whisk hard and pour through a strainer if you prefer no date bits.
  6. Divide the hot coffee between two mugs, pour half of the spiced date milk into each mug and serve hot.

Contains: Milk, Sesame.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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