A Date With Honey
From vivian 17 years agoIngredients
- 1x250g packet stoned dates shopping list
- 150g (6 oz) plain flour shopping list
- 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder shopping list
- 75g (3 oz) Sunflower margarine (or butter) shopping list
- 150g (6 oz) rolled jumbo oats shopping list
- 75ml (5 tbsp) clear honey shopping list
- Grated rind of 1 orange shopping list
- cinnamon to dust shopping list
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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Another great recipe!
Thanks Vivian.invisiblechef in loved it
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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 b...more
chefjeb in Carthage loved it
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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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