Hello, I’m Laura. Today, we’re going to prepare date & oat bars recipe. Never miss today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit more unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Date & Oat Bars Recipe
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook date & oat bars using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Date & Oat Bars:
- Make ready For the Sticky Date Filling
- Get 375 g Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
- Make ready 210 ml water
- Take 2 TBSP Lemon Juice
- Make ready 2 TBSP Soft Dark Brown Sugar
- Get 1 TSP grated orange zest
- Get 1/2 TSP ground cinnamon
- Take 1/2 TSP Mixed Spice
- Get 1/4 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
- Take For the Oaty Layer
- Get 150 g Plain Wholemeal Flour
- Prepare 110 g Quick Cook Oats
- Get 70 g Jumbo Oats
- Take 100 g Soft Dark Brown Sugar
- Take 175 g Unsalted Butter, cubed and chilled
- Prepare 1/4 TSP Baking Powder
- Take 1/4 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
- Take 1/2 TSP Ground Cinnamon
- Make ready Pinch fine salt
- Make ready To decorate (optional)
- Make ready Drizzle Golden Syrup
- Prepare Chopped Pecans
Instructions to make Date & Oat Bars:
- Grease and line with baking parchment an 8x8 inch baking pan.
- First, make the date filling. Place all the date filling ingredients except the Bicarb of Soda into a medium saucepan. Mix together well with a wooden spoon and bring to the boil for 1 minute. Continuing to stir, simmer for 5-8 minutes, or until the dates have fallen apart and the mixture comes together. Take off the heat and stir in the bicarb. Leave to cool
- Next make the oaty layers: In a large mixing bowl, combine the oats, flour, sugar, bicarb, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add the cubes of butter and begin rubbing the butter into the flour mix using your fingertips until you have a breadcb texture. Pop the mixture in the fridge while you Preheat the oven to 200C Fan.
- When the oven is up to temperature, press down 1/2 of the oaty mixture into the prepared baking pa, making sure it is distributed evenly. Spread the date mixture evenly over the crust, taking it all the way to the edges. Cble the remaining oat mixture on top - again making sure it is evenly distributed - and light pat down making sure it covers the date mixture nicely.
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and lightly toasted. Allow to cool in the tin before placing onto a wire rack. Make sure it is completely cool before cutting into squares.
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