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Matrimonial Date Squares
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symyee
"Delicious! This favorite recipe has been passed down in the family for many years. It has lots of date filling and can be stored in the refrigerator for a week."
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Ingredients
1 h 55 m servings 307Original recipe yields 16 servings
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Directions
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- Heat dates, 2/3 cup brown sugar, orange juice, and orange zest in a saucepan over low heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until dates have softened, absorbed the liquid, and mixture is like a paste, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract.
- Stir oats, flour, 1 cup brown sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl; cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Lightly press 2/3 of the crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9x9-inch pan. Spread date mixture evenly over the crumb crust; sprinkle remaining crumbs evenly over the top of date mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden, about 30 minutes; cool on a wire rack for at least 1 hour before slicing into bars.
Footnotes
- Cook's Notes:
- Water can be substituted for orange juice.
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11/25/2016
Matrimonial Squares aka Date Squares are a Christmas tradition in my home. The orange and vanilla in this recipe really add a delicious flavour and put them over the top. I do like to bring my...
12/14/2016
Date squares are a tradition at our house as well but I usually follow my mom's recipe. I saw this recipe and just had to try it and I'm so glad that I did. This will be my go to recipe from now...
12/27/2017
I’m going to say that this recipe is near perfect for me, except it is too sweet, as I don’t normally eat refined sugar. I will have to add half of the sugar to the crumb, which will in turn mea...
12/20/2017
I made some changes because of dairy issues. I used Becel Vegan Spread and Robin Hood gluten free flour, and gluten free oats. I followed the recipe and the squares turned out excellent. Thank y...
10/24/2017
Very tasty! Tastes like those much mom used to make, Even my wife liked them, and she doesn’t really care for dates!
7/20/2017
Excellent taste, a bit sweet for me so next time I will cut the sugar a bit. I didn't have OJ so used Mango juice, really yummy and couldn't taste the mango flavor so the bars still have that t...
3/26/2017
Made this with two changes---used margarine instead of butter and gluten-free dry ingredients. Otherwise no changes. The bottom and top layers turned out brilliantly, and the filling is to d...