Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, date & oat bars. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Date & Oat Bars is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Date & Oat Bars is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have date & oat bars using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Date & Oat Bars:

1. Make ready For the Sticky Date Filling
2. Prepare Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
3. Prepare water
4. Take Lemon Juice
5. Make ready Soft Dark Brown Sugar
6. Make ready grated orange zest
7. Prepare ground cinnamon
8. Make ready Mixed Spice
9. Get Bicarbonate of Soda
10. Make ready For the Oaty Layer
11. Prepare Plain Wholemeal Flour
12. Prepare Quick Cook Oats
13. Prepare Jumbo Oats
14. Prepare Soft Dark Brown Sugar
15. Make ready Unsalted Butter, cubed and chilled
16. Prepare Baking Powder
17. Get Bicarbonate of Soda
18. Take Ground Cinnamon
19. Get fine salt
20. Make ready To decorate (optional)
21. Make ready Drizzle Golden Syrup
22. Get Chopped Pecans

Steps to make Date & Oat Bars:

1. Grease and line with baking parchment an 8x8 inch baking pan.
2. 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
3. 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 breadcrumb texture. Pop the mixture in the fridge while you Preheat the oven to 200C Fan.
4. 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. Crumble 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.
5. 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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