Canada

Date squares

Name: Date squares
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: Dates, pitted, chopped; 1 cup water; 2 tsp lemon juice; 2 cups rolled oats rolled oats (porridge oats); 1 1/4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3/4 cup brown sugar; 3/4 cup melted butter; 1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); a pinch salt

Sticky date filling between buttery oat crumble. Western Canada calls it matrimonial cake.

60 minTime

5 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayDate filling sandwiched in buttery oat crumble.

The original

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5 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

60minutessame

Canadian date squares.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Datespitted, chopped

Water1 cup

Lemon juice2 tsp

Rolled oats (porridge oats)2 cups rolled oats

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1¼ cups

Brown sugar¾ cup

Butter¾ cup, melted

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Method

4 steps

1Simmer dates and water for 8 to 10 minutes, mashing, until a thick paste. Stir in lemon juice and cool.
2Mix oats, flour, sugar, soda and salt, then stir in melted butter.
3Press two thirds into a lined 20 x 20 cm tin, spread the date paste over and scatter the rest of the crumble on top.
4Bake at 180°C for 30 minutes until golden. Cool before cutting.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares and stack on a plate with tea or coffee. They keep well in a tin for days.

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