Isa's Baking Corner

We had a reception after the show, and I tried a piece of date square, it was yummy, so I decided to try to make them myself. It's just taste like what I had at the reception.

Date Filling:
2 cups pitted dates, chopped
1 1/2 TBSP Butter
1 cup water

Crumble:

2 1/2 cups rolled oat
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter

Method:

For filling:
place all ingredients in a pot and bring up to a boil. Remove from heat and let dates sit and soak until room temperature. Puree until smooth and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease a 8" square baking pan and line bottom with parchment paper so that the paper hangs over the edge of the pan on 2 sides.

For Crumble:
Combine oat, flolur, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl and stir in soften butter and blend with hands until an even crumbling texture. Press half of the crumble into the bottom of the pan. Spread the date filling over the base, and top with remaining crumble(not pressing). Bake for 45 minutes or until the top of crumble begins to brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares.