Date Squares
"Here's a recipe from our family recipe box. It came from my husband's grandmother. The squares have a cakey bottom and the dates on the top soften up during baking to make a very nice treat! If you find the cake isn't cooked after about 1/2 hour, you can cover the pan with tinfoil to stop the top from burning and bake for another 5-10 minutes."
photo by Sackville
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
12 squares
ingredients
- 1 egg, separated
- 1 cup brown sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour
- 2 cups finely chopped dates
directions
- Mix the egg yolk, one cup brown sugar, butter, milk, vanilla, baking powder and flour in a bowl.
- Spread in a greased baking pan (8-9 inches square) and cover with the dates.
- Beat the egg white and two tablespoons brown sugar together.
- Pour the mixture over the dates.
- Cook until the top is brown, at 350 F for about 30 minutes.
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This is a picture of me and my husband in Portugal, climbing up above the clouds with our bikes.
Right now we are travelling around the world on our bicycles, so I only pop onto Zaar occasionally, when internet connections and time allow me to. If I don't reply to a message about one of my recipes, now you know why! Our trip may take several years so if it's urgent, it's probably better for you to post in the forums ;)
Good food is really important to me -- I am happy to pay extra for food that I feel is produced in a sustainable and ethical way and always try to eat using seasonal produce.
When we were in the UK we rarely shopped at supermarkets, trying instead to favour small producers, although we were very lucky in that we lived in London and there was lots of choice.
We also were fortunate enough to have a weekly organic veg box delivered to our door, filled with so many lovely vegetables for very little money. It really opened my horizons in terms of the variety of vegetables I eat. If you're in the UK, check out Riverford for a box supplier as they're amazing!
When I'm not eating I love to take pictures and travel with my husband.
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