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Date Squares

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Drink, Baked

Tags: baking, easy, recipes for cookies, recipes using all-purpose flour, recipes using baking soda, recipes using brown sugar, recipes using butter, recipes using date, recipes using lemon juice, recipes using oat, recipes with metric units, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ADate_Squares)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ADate%20Squares&oldid=4515280

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

Crumb mixture

  • 1 ½ cup (360 g) rolled oats
  • 1 cup (240 g) brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 ½ cup (260 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup of melted butter

Filling

  • 2 cups (480 g) chopped dates
  • ½ cup (120 g) brown sugar
  • 1 cup (240 ml) water
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

  1. In a mixing bowl, combine rolled oats, 1 cup brown sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and melted butter. Mix until crumbly.
  2. Press half the crumb mixture into a parchment-lined and greased square baking pan.
  3. In a saucepan over low heat, cook dates, sugar and water until thickened and smooth (about 10 minutes).
  4. Add lemon juice and mix well.
  5. Spread date mixture over crumble layer.
  6. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over date filling.
  7. Bake at 350°F (180°C) for about 35 minutes, until lightly browned.