Date Square Recipe

•Granny's Date Square Recipe

Ingredients

For the Dates

  • 1/2 lb dates, rough chopped
  • 1 1/2 c water
  • A dash of lemon juice if you have it

For the Crumble

  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 c salted butter, room temperature
  • 1 c brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 c oatmeal

Instructions

For the Dates

1

Cook the dates, water, and lemon juice on the stove top until a jammy consistency. Watch closely and stir, as they can burn quickly. Set aside and prepare the crumble.

For the Crumble

1

Rub together the butter and flour, then mix in the rest of the dry ingredients.

2

Spread 1/3 to 1/2 of the crumble into the bottom of a 9x13 pan and press down, gently spread the date mixture over top. Top with remaining crumble mixture.

3

Bake at 325 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Notes

1

You could use unsalted butter, but add a small amount of salt to the crumble, but in my mom's family, they would only use salted butter.

2

I used rolled oats, but not quick oats. I suspect granny would have used quick oats.

3

I used the 9x13 pan, but the bars were quite thin, I would like to try again and do a smaller pan for thicker bars.

4

I chucked ground flax in mine because it was staring at me from the shelf, and it went pretty well.