Christmas

Excellent Oats Date Squares is for Dessert.

Excellent Oats Date Squares takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Excellent Oats Date Squares takes 30 minutes to cook.

Excellent Oats Date Squares makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Excellent Oats Date Squares are:

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)

Here is how you make Excellent Oats Date Squares:

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: 16Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Excellent Oats Date Squares is:

• 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

The dietary needs meet for Excellent Oats Date Squares is Low Fat