Makes around 24
Ingredients:
For the filling:
- 3 cups pitted and chopped dates
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- Around 1 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tsp powdered cinnamon
For the bar:
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
Method:
- Pre-heat oven to 400F
- Grease and flour a 9x13" pan
- Cook over low heat the ingredients for the filling stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick. It could take around 15 mins. Let cool.
- Mix together the butter and flour. Then sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and add it to the butter-sugar mixture. Add in the rolled oats and use a hand mixer at low speed to combine everything gently
- Put half the dough mixture in to the pan and gently press and smooth it out
- Pour the date mixture over it
- Crumble the remaining dough mixture on top and press gently to even it out
- Bake at 400F for 25-30 mins until lightly browned on top
- Let cool and cut in to bars