Dessert · Newfoundland
Date Squares
Oats, coconut and butter pressed round a date filling. Half an hour at 350.
Total
45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Serves
16
Oven
350°F / 175°C
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup coconut
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ pkg dates
- ¼ tsp baking soda
Method
- Heat the oven to 350 and grease a square pan.
- Cook the dates with a little water and the baking soda until soft, then let them cool.
- Rub the butter into the flour, oats, coconut and brown sugar. Stir in the vanilla.
- Press half the crumb into the pan, spread the dates over, then press the rest of the crumb on top.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
Notes
Ingredients and the bake only on her page. The layering is the ordinary way a date square is put together.
Source: Nan's recipe book
wolfeats.ca/recipes/date-squares/