Grandma's Best Butter Crumble Date Bars
Rich and comforting old fashioned dessert recipe
Equipment
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 9x13 pan greased
- measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
Date Filling
- 2 C chopped and pitted dates
- 3/4 C water
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 TBSP lemon juice
- 1/2 C chopped nuts pecans or walnuts, optional
Butter Crumble Crust
- 1 3/4 C raw uncooked oatmeal
- 1 1/2 C flour
- 1/2 C brown sugar
- 1/2 C chopped nuts pecans or walnuts, optional
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 C salted butter chilled
Instructions
Date Filling
- Cook dates in water until soft
- Add granulated sugar, salt, and lemon juice
- Cook and stir until thickened
- Add chopped nuts, cool
Butter Crumble Crust
- Mix oatmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in large mixing bowl
- Cut in chilled butter
- Mix with pastry cutter and/or fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
- Press half the crumble mixture into greased 9x13 glass baking pan
- Drop filling in spoonfuls evenly distributed over unbaked crumble, spread gently
- Top with remaining crumble mixture
- Bake at 375F for 35 minutes (depending on oven)