How to Make Appetizing Date Squares!

Date Squares!. Spread half the crisp in the baking dish and press firmly. 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.

I love to serve them as a rustic home-style dessert following a casual family dinner, when enjoying coffee with a special friend. A date filled bar with a chewy oatmeal crust. This is my grandmother's recipe, which my whole family loves. You can have Date Squares! using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Date Squares!

1. You need of Filling.
2. It's 2 1/2 cup of Dates (pitted and chopped).
3. Prepare 1 cup of Water.
4. It's 2 tbsp of Lemon Juice.
5. You need 1 tbsp of Brown Sugar.
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.
7. You need of Crisp.
8. It's 1 3/4 cup of Rolled Oats.
9. You need 1 cup of All Purpose Flour (I used Unbleached).
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of Brown Sugar.
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of Baking Powder.
12. Prepare 3/4 cup of Butter (Room Temp).

Date Squares are also called Date Slices or even Matrimonial Bars. They consist of two buttery As their name implies, the main component of Date Squares is dates. Dates are the fruit of the palm. These date squares are a childhood favorite.

Date Squares! instructions

1. 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).
2. 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.
3. In a large bowl combine together all ingredients except butter and mix these together well.
4. Cut in the butter and mix together until you have a crumbled mixture.
5. Firmly pack half of this mixture to the bottom of your pan.
6. Next layer on all the cooled date filling.
7. And sprinkle the remaining crisp on top and once all evenly coated, very gently press down to pack it a bit.
8. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the top looks golden brown.
9. Let it sit and cool for several hours before cutting the bars or they may fall apart if you cut them too soon!.
10. Enjoy!.

Delicious date squares are a simple blend of brown sugar, oats, butter and sweet dates — a comforting treat for a cozy winter afternoon. If there's a baked-goods equivalent to a hug, this is it. These date squares can be dressed up with a drizzle of Cranberry Coulis and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Cranberry Coulis recipe is available on this website. These date squares are the perfect sweet treat.