Name: Mom's Date Squares
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 9-12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups oats; 1 1/2 cups flour; 3/4 cup butter; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 cups dates; 1/2 cup white sugar; 1 cup water; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

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ingredients

BASE
1 ³⁄₄ cups oats
1 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
³⁄₄ cup butter
¹⁄₄ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup brown sugar
FILLING
2 cups dates
¹⁄₂ cup white sugar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice

directions

Filling:
Combine all ingredients and simmer until thickened (don't burn) Set aside and cool.
Base:
Lightly grease a 9x9-inch pan.
Sift and mix together flour and soda.
Combine sugar and oats to flour mixture.
Work in butter with fingertips.
Pat 1/2 of the mixture onto bottom of pan.
Spread filling on patted mixture.
Put remaining mixture on top of filling and pat lightly. Bake in 375°F oven for 45 minutes.
Cut when cool.

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review by Baby Kato

5/4/2005

Thanks for sharing Cheryl. We really enjoyed these date squares. They turned out very yummy. I used 1 cup of orange juice instead of water. I also only cooked these at 400 for 30 minutes.

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tweak by Baby Kato

5/4/2005

Thanks for sharing Cheryl. We really enjoyed these date squares. They turned out very yummy. I used 1 cup of orange juice instead of water. I also only cooked these at 400 for 30 minutes.

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review by Doreen Singer

4/20/2002

I love date squares but found on this one that the cooking temperature and length of cooking time to be much too hot and too long. My squares were dryed out and too brown. I think 350f for 40 minutes would be better. My oven was checked about 3 months ago and is right on.

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review by Kathleen Nelson

3/2/2002

Personally I'm not a date fan but my sister is, she asked for date squares. This recipe was the closest one I could find to my grandmothers. The only thing my sister said was wrong with the recipe was that it needed more dates. Other than that she said the flavour was great.

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