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Award Winning Date Squares Recipe
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Ccer / All my dishes 6 months, 4 weeks ago
These date squares are sweet, tangy, chewy and crunchy, keep and travel well - not to mention they placed FIRST in the date square category at a country fair.
Prep:15m Cook:30m Servings:16
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Ingredients
- 2 cups, quality, pitted dates (no need to chop first)
- juice of 1 lemon (or 3-4 tbsp coffee) – either optional
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1¾ cups unbleached white flour
- ½ tsp sea salt (or ¾ tsp regular salt)
- ½ tsp baking soda, sifted
- 1 cup rolled oats
Directions
- Combine dates, lemon juice and water in a saucepan, cook on very low heat for about 10 minutes, stir occasionally, remove from heat to cool.
- Cream together butter and brown sugar, stir in flour, salt, baking soda, add oats and mix well using hands. The dough will be crumbly but hold together when squeezed. Press 2/3rds of dough into an oiled 8 X 9 inch square baking pan. Stir the date mixture and spread over the dough. Crumble the remaining dough on top. (optional but highly recommended: add a bit more butter to the oats for the top) Bake for about 30 mins Cool in pan – makes 16 award winning bars.
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wynnebaer 6 months, 4 weeks ago said:
I used to have these from a neighborhood bakery when I was a kid...Thanks for the memory...Must try.....:)
coffeebean53 6 months, 4 weeks ago said:
What a wonderful recipe. I love date squares. I've saved this one as a definite must try. Thanks for a great post. :)
kukla 6 months, 3 weeks ago said:
My Mom used to make date squares all the time, but as a kid I wouldn't eat them (dates?? What's with those, anyway???)
Now that I'm 'older & wiser', I crave them every now & again, but end up buying pre-made ones instead. They just don't stack up...
Well, I won't be buying pre-made ever again! Thanks for posting this, Ccer :)
momto4 4 months, 2 weeks ago said:
These sound awesome and I needed a great date Square recipe...Guess I found it!!
Thanks for sharing!