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A Date With Honey Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • Preheat oven to 180c / gas 4
  • Soak the dates in 90ml (6 tblsp) boiling water and put to one side.
  • In a large bowl rub together the flour, baking powder and margarine until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs
  • Add the oats.
  • Use the honey to bind the mixture.
  • Press just over half of the mixture into the base of 28cm x 28cm (7" x 7" ) square tin
  • Put the dates and the liquid that the dates were soaking in, into a food processor, add the orange rind and whizz until puree
  • Spread the puree mixture over the oaty base and top with the remaining oat mixture (this will not completely cover the top).
  • Sprinkle with cinnamon
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown
  • Remove from oven and leave to cool in the tin .
  • When cool dust with icing sugar and cut into squares.
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  • grandmommy 16 years ago
    Great post! This is just the kind of thing I look for. My husband eats no refined sugars (an allergy) so we buy honey 5 gallons at a time! I try to find recipes using honey instead of sugar. I am saving this one.
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    " It was excellent "
    ahmed1 ate it and said...
    How did I miss this one.Great one Vivian.Full of energy!!
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    " It was excellent "
    sweetwords ate it and said...
    These were excellent. I got two small pieces, and my husband ate the rest!
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  • eternalhowl 16 years ago
    Thanks for posting this recipe. Was looking for muesli bar type recipes for snacks at work and since this uses absolutely no sugar (relying instead on the sweetness of honey), I had to give it a shot. Nice, although I think my mixture was a little crumbly - still it's healthy, completely guilt-free AND tasty. Would be great for diabetics!
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    " It was excellent "
    sweetwords ate it and said...
    Chefjeb recommended these, and I see he's a fan - I expect we will be, too! Thanks for the post!
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    " It was excellent "
    chefjeb ate it and said...
    My grandson (7) came home from school with a friend and these were gone in a flash. We made a second batch and added some chopped pecans with the date mixture. Great post!
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  • dariana 16 years ago
    Thanks for submitting, I have to try these.
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    " It was excellent "
    chefjeb ate it and said...
    I made these from your recipe. I had a package of dates left over from the last holiday season and this was a perfect recipe to use them. (thanks for converting from metric) They are fantastic. I didn't have an orange, so used lemon zest and I used butter. Great post.
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  • michellem 16 years ago
    Another winner from you. Thanks for the great post.M
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    " It was excellent "
    invisiblechef ate it and said...
    Another great recipe!

    Thanks Vivian.
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  • tnacndn 16 years ago
    This sounds really yummy Vivian and I love the name. :o)
    Gem
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