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Date & Oat Bars Recipe
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook date & oat bars using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Date & Oat Bars:
- Make ready For the Sticky Date Filling
- Get 375 g Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
- Get 210 ml water
- Make ready 2 TBSP Lemon Juice
- Take 2 TBSP Soft Dark Brown Sugar
- Prepare 1 TSP grated orange zest
- Take 1/2 TSP ground cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 TSP Mixed Spice
- Get 1/4 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
- Make ready For the Oaty Layer
- Make ready 150 g Plain Wholemeal Flour
- Make ready 110 g Quick Cook Oats
- Prepare 70 g Jumbo Oats
- Make ready 100 g Soft Dark Brown Sugar
- Prepare 175 g Unsalted Butter, cubed and chilled
- Get 1/4 TSP Baking Powder
- Take 1/4 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
- Prepare 1/2 TSP Ground Cinnamon
- Take Pinch fine salt
- Prepare To decorate (optional)
- Get Drizzle Golden Syrup
- Get Chopped Pecans
Steps to make Date & Oat Bars:
- Grease and line with baking parchment an 8x8 inch baking pan.
- First, make the date filling. Place all the date filling ingredients except the Bicarb of Soda into a medium saucepan. Mix together well with a wooden spoon and bring to the boil for 1 minute. Continuing to stir, simmer for 5-8 minutes, or until the dates have fallen apart and the mixture comes together. Take off the heat and stir in the bicarb. Leave to cool
- Next make the oaty layers: In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, sugar, bicarb, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the cubes of butter and berubbing the butter into the flour mix using your fingertips until you have a breadcrumb texture. Pop the mixture in the fridge while you Preheat the oven to 200C Fan.
- When the oven is up to temperature, press down 1/2 of the oaty mixture into the prepared baking pa, making sure it is distributed evenly. Spread the date mixture evenly over the crust, taking it all the way to the edges. Crumble the remaining oat mixture on top - again making sure it is evenly distributed - and light pat down making sure it covers the date mixture nicely.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and lightly toasted. Allow to cool in the tin before placing onto a wire rack. Make sure it is completely cool before cutting into squares.
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