Excellent Oats Date Squares

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 16
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 206.5
  • Total Fat: 3.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 56.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 42.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.7 g
  • Protein: 3.7 g

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Introduction

A low-fat turnabout on one of my favourite desserts! Delicious and moist with a slightly crispy top A low-fat turnabout on one of my favourite desserts! Delicious and moist with a slightly crispy top
Number of Servings: 16

Ingredients

    2 c chopped, pitted dates
    juice of one lemon
    1/2 c water
    1/2 c cold water
    1/4 c stick margarine, softened
    2 tbsp prune puree
    3/4 c brown sugar
    3/4 c all-purpose flour
    1/2 c whole-wheat flour
    1/2 c spelt or oat flour
    1 tsp salt
    1/2 tsp baking soda
    1 c steel-cut oats (long-cooking kind)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F.
Combine the dates, lemon juice and water in a saucepan.
Cook, covered, on low for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
Seperately, cream margarine, prunes, and brown sugar.
Add the flours, salt and baking soda, mix to blend.
Soak oats in cold water 5 minutes. Drain oats and add to above mixture.
Blend well, using your hands.
Press 2/3 of the dough into a greased 9" square pan.
Spread the date mixture overtop of crust, top with crumbled remaining dough.
Bake 30 minutes, cool completely before cutting and serving.

Number of Servings: 16

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.