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Date Squares Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Base -

1 & 1/2 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder cup margarine
1 & 1/2 cup oatmeal

Date filling -
2 cups dates,chopped
2 tbsp flour
cold water
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp butter

Directions:
Directions:
Base -
Sift dry ingredients, then rub in margarine with fingers. Add sugar and oatmeal and blend into dry ingredients well. Spread half the crumbs into a shallow greased pan and cover with the date filling, then cover with remainder of crumbs. Bake at 325 for 30 minutes then increase heat for a few minutes to brown nicely

Date filling -
Mix flour,salt and brown sugar and stir into chopped dates.Cover with cold water and cook into top of double boiler,stirring occasionally. When dates are cooked,remove from heat and add vanilla,lemon juice and butter and mix well. Let cool before using.

 

 

 

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