Almost My Grandmas Date Squares
From mystik 16 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Both my Grandma and my Mom would make these delicious squares when I was little. So many years have passed since then, but I intend to revive the tradition. HISTORY: Old cookbooks also called this Matrimonial Cake, Date Sandwich Cake, and Fig Squares. Read more The old recipes would add a lot of sugar to the filling, but the more modern version, like this one, reduces the amount of sugar. You can even reduce it further, according to your family's taste. See less
Ingredients
- DATE FILLING: shopping list
- 3/4 lb pitted dates, chopped shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
- 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed shopping list
- 1 tsp lemon juice shopping list
- CRUMB MIXTURE shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups rolled oats shopping list
- 1-1/2 cups flour shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 3/4 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed shopping list
- 3/4 cup butter, softened shopping list
How to make it
- DATE FILLING:
- Add dates, water, brown sugar, and cook in pot over medium heat, stirring often, until dates are soft and mixture is thickened (about 15 minutes) YMMV - your mileage may vary
- Stir in lemon juice and remove from heat
- Let cool
- Optional: You can microwave date mixture, but you will be on your own for settings and how long.
- CRUMB MIXTURE:
- Combine oats, flour, salt, soda, sugar in bowl
- Add butter, cutting into mixture until crumbly
- Press 1/2 crumb mixture into bottom of 9 inch square pan
- Spread cooled filling evenly over the top of bottom layer
- Spread remaining crumble mixture over date mixture
- Bake in a 350F oven for 20-25 minutes or until top is nicely toasted.
- Let cool before cutting into squares
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