Date Squares
From eastcoaster 8 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 12-15
Looking through my hand old written recipes and i found this one.
Ingredients
- For the Filling shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 1/2 cup brown sugar shopping list
- 2 cups (about 10 ounces) pitted dates chopped shopping list
- Base and Topping shopping list
- 1 cup flour shopping list
- 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats shopping list
- 3/4 cup white sugar shopping list
- 1/4 tsp.salt shopping list
- 3/4 cup butter shopping list
How to make it
- Filling
- Bring water and brown sugar to a boil and add the dates. Cook for 10 minutes stirring constantly
- Remove from heat and let cool.
- Base and Topping
- Combine flour, rolled oats, sugar and salt.
- Cut in butter until it looks like coarse bread crumbs
- Grease a 9 inch square pan, and spread half the base pressing lightly
- Pour filling in and spread over the base reaching all corners.
- Cover with remaining oat mixture and spread evenly.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes.
- I have this in the oven now with a couple of changes.
- I used lactose and gluten free rolled oats and Earth Balance in place of the butter.
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The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
These are so sweet and yummy. Love the oatmeal crumb mixture. Very easy to make. I made as written, but sprinkled a few chopped walnuts on top. Thank you for sharing your recipe, Eastcoaster! See more in IMI II 12/31/17: more
DIZ3
in loved it
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Excellent!! I haven't had a great date square in years and these were wonderful. I followed the recipe subbing Earth Balance for the butter. I did make one minor change, I sprinkled raw sugar over the top, just like my Mom always did. Thanks for sha...more
gaspesiangal
in Ottawa loved it
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Dec 12 2016 Wow are these squares fantastic and very addictive for eating. Reminds me of the date squares my DMIL use to make. I use "I Cannot Believe it's not butter. Will defiantly be making again.
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NadineM
in Mississauga loved it
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