Description
Delicious! This favorite recipe has been passed down in the family for many years. It has lots of date filling and can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.
Ingredients
- 1 pound pitted dates
- ⅔ cup light brown sugar
- ⅔ cup orange juice
- 1 orange, zested
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups regular rolled oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup cold unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat dates
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- orange juice
- and orange zest in a saucepan over low heat; cook
- stirring occasionally
- until dates have softened
- absorbed the liquid
- and mixture is like a paste
- about 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract.
- Stir oats
- flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- baking soda
- and salt together in a bowl; cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Lightly press 2/3 of the crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9×9-inch pan. Spread date mixture evenly over the crumb crust; sprinkle remaining crumbs evenly over the top of date mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden
- about 30 minutes; cool on a wire rack for at least 1 hour before slicing into bars.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Servings: 16