Double Stuff Date Squares.

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 500 g dates, about 2 cups
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 3/4 cup butter, softened or 3/4 cup soft margarine
• 2/3 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 cups rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 in a 4 cup(1l) glass bowl, combine dates and orange juice.
• 2 cover and microwave at high for 5-6 minutes, stirring once.
• 3 stir vigorously, breaking up dates to form a homogeneous filling.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 in separate bowl, cream butter and brown sugar, stir in flour, add rolled oats, mixing until crumbly.
• 6 press about 2/3 of mixture in bottom of 8" or 9" square glass baking dish.
• 7 microwave on high for 2-3 minutes, or until firm.
• 8 spread date filling over base.
• 9 top with remaining crumb mixture, pat down lightly.
• 10 microwave on high 5-6 minutes or until firm.
• 11 rotate dish partway through cooking.
• 12 let stand directly on counter top 10 minutes.
• 13 cool completely, cut into squares.
• 14 --------------------------------------.
• 15 conventional cooking.
• 16 for date filling, increase orange juice to 1 cup.
• 17 cook dates and orange juice in a covered saucepan, stirring occasionally, over medium-low heat 8-10 minutes.
• 18 prepare crumb mixture and assemble squares as directed.
• 19 bake at 350° oven 25-30 minutes or until light golden.