Matrimonial Date Squares
Serves: 4
Brad Rosenbaum
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
48
Spice
45
Sweetness
42
Sourness
44
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.5
Difficulty
Ingredients:
450 g
Pitted Dates1 cup
Light Brown Sugar2 cup
Orange Juice2 tsps
Vanilla Extract1.5 cups
Regular Rolled Oats1 cup
All-Purpose Flour3 tsp
Baking Soda1 tsp
Salt3 cup
Unsalted Butter (cold)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
2
Heat dates, 2/3 cup brown sugar, orange juice, and orange zest in a saucepan over low heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until dates have softened, absorbed the liquid, and mixture is like a paste, about 10 minutes
3
Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract
4
Stir oats, flour, 1 cup brown sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl; cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
5
Lightly press 2/3 of the crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9x9-inch pan
6
Spread date mixture evenly over the crumb crust; sprinkle remaining crumbs evenly over the top of date mixture
7
Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden, about 30 minutes; cool on a wire rack for at least 1 hour before slicing into bars