Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, date & oat bars. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Date & Oat Bars is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Date & Oat Bars is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have date & oat bars using 22 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Date & Oat Bars:

1. Make ready For the Sticky Date Filling
2. Get 375 g Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
3. Take 210 ml water
4. Make ready 2 TBSP Lemon Juice
5. Take 2 TBSP Soft Dark Brown Sugar
6. Get 1 TSP grated orange zest
7. Get 1/2 TSP ground cinnamon
8. Prepare 1/2 TSP Mixed Spice
9. Prepare 1/4 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
10. Get For the Oaty Layer
11. Get 150 g Plain Wholemeal Flour
12. Make ready 110 g Quick Cook Oats
13. Make ready 70 g Jumbo Oats
14. Take 100 g Soft Dark Brown Sugar
15. Make ready 175 g Unsalted Butter, cubed and chilled
16. Prepare 1/4 TSP Baking Powder
17. Get 1/4 TSP Bicarbonate of Soda
18. Take 1/2 TSP Ground Cinnamon
19. Get Pinch fine salt
20. Take 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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