materials and tools: non-stick pan, dates, mineral water, rock sugar and honey.

1. Clean fresh dates.

2. Put the dates into a non-stick pan and pour a proper amount of mineral water.

3. Add rock sugar and boil it on low heat.

4. Cook until the soup is thick. Take it out and eat it with honey.

5. The finished product drawing of homemade candied dates is shown below.

Extended information:

A candied date has two meanings, one is a kind of candied fruit in China, and the other refers to the fruit of a date palm tree originating in the Middle East. This entry refers to candied fruit. There are three kinds of candied dates in China: Beijing-style candied dates (17%+ moisture, also known as northern-style candied dates), Huizhou-style candied dates (13%- moisture or southern-style candied dates) and Guangxi-style candied dates (7%- moisture). It can be seen that the taste of the three dates is getting harder and harder.

The common golden silk candied dates and Ejiao crystal dates belong to Beijing-style candied dates and their varieties. These are all soft dates. The latter two categories belong to hard candied dates.