Baked item would be a klinker without minced dates (10)
I believe the answer is:
breadstick
'baked item would' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'a klinker without minced dates' is the wordplay.
'a klinker' becomes 'brick' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'minced' indicates an anagram.
'dates' with letters rearranged gives 'eadst'.
'brick' going around 'eadst' is 'BREADSTICK'.
'be' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for breadstick that I've seen before include "Grissino" , "used to produce something to nibble" .)