Date Squares
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Ingredients:
- (----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------)
- 1 pound date (pitted chopped)
- 3/4 cup water (hot )
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- (-----------------------------------PASTRY-----------------------------------)
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cup oats (rolled quick (not instant))
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup margarine (butter or )
- (----------------------------ORANGE DATE SQUARES----------------------------)
- 1 pound date (chopped )
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup orange ( juice)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 orange
- 1 pound date (pitted chopped)
- 3/4 cup water (hot )
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- (-----------------------------------PASTRY-----------------------------------)
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cup oats (rolled quick (not instant))
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup margarine (butter or )
- (----------------------------ORANGE DATE SQUARES----------------------------)
- 1 pound date (chopped )
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup orange ( juice)
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 orange
Another Cape Breton favorite, and a little healthier than your average
sweet square because of the oats.
Source - "A Guide to Good Cooking" - Five Roses Flour
Filling: Combine dates, hot water and brown sugar together in saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until dates are soft and water is absorbed. Add
vanilla and let cool. Meanwhile, prepare pastry.
Pastry: Combine dry ingredients together in a bowl. Work in butter with 2
knives or pastry blender until pastry is crumbly. Spread half the mixture
in bottom of a greased 9" pan and pat down. Cover with cold date filling.
Pat remaining mixture on top. Bake in 375F (190C) oven. Cut into squares
while still warm and cool in pan before serving.
Bake in 375 oven for 30 minutes.
VARIATION: Orange Date Squares (see filling for orange date squares above).
VARIATION - Pineapple Date Squares: Replace water, sugar and lemon juice in
basic filling recipe with 1 can crushed pineapple, with the juice.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by nstn2400@fox.nstn.ca (Sylvia Allen) on Jan
25, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.
Makes 1 servings
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