Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, date squares!. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Date Squares! is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Date Squares! is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
A date square is a Canadian dessert or coffee cake made of cooked dates with an oatmeal crumb topping. In Western Canada it is known as matrimonial cake. In Eastern Canada it can also be known as date crumbles.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook date squares! using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Date Squares!:
- Prepare Filling
- Make ready 2 1/2 cup Dates (pitted and chopped)
- Get 1 cup Water
- Take 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- Take 1 tbsp Brown Sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- Prepare Crisp
- Prepare 1 3/4 cup Rolled Oats
- Make ready 1 cup All Purpose Flour (I used Unbleached)
- Prepare 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- Prepare 1/4 tsp Baking Powder
- Take 3/4 cup Butter (Room Temp)
Date Squares (Matrimonial Bars) have two buttery layers of oatmeal crust sandwiched together with pureed dates scented with vanilla. Date Squares - these easy to make date squares are delicious, gooey and so comforting. An old fashioned recipe that will give you the best date squares you'll ever have. These date squares are a childhood favorite.
Instructions to make Date Squares!:
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and grease a square 8x8 baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper (this makes sure the squares won't stick to the bottom on the pan)
- For the filling, in a saucepan bring the dates, water, lemon juice and brown sugar to a boil, add baking soda and let it simmer for 5 minutes (you should have a thickened date mixture and all the dates will have broken apart) take off heat and let it cool while preparing the crisp
- In a large bowl combine together all ingredients except butter and mix these together well
- Cut in the butter and mix together until you have a crumbled mixture
- Firmly pack half of this mixture to the bottom of your pan
- Next layer on all the cooled date filling
- And sprinkle the remaining crisp on top and once all evenly coated, very gently press down to pack it a bit
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until the top looks golden brown
- Let it sit and cool for several hours before cutting the bars or they may fall apart if you cut them too soon!
- Enjoy!
Date Squares are a great tasting treat anytime day or night. I love to serve them as a rustic home-style dessert following a casual family dinner, when enjoying coffee with a special friend. These date squares are the perfect sweet treat. A date filled bar with a chewy oatmeal crust. This is my grandmother's recipe, which my whole family loves.
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