Date Slice
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Date Slice
Nothing special about this one - just very nice!!
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- Pastry
- 2 tablespoons (40g) butter
- 2 tablespoons (40g) sugar
- 2 tablespoons (40ml) milk
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- Filling
- 375g dates
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- juice of large lemon
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:50min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Place all ingredients for filling in saucepan and boil until thick stirring occasionally.
- Put aside to cool.
- Melt butter and sugar, add milk and well beaten egg.
- Mix well and add flour. (Note: if dough is too sticky to roll carefully add a little more flour.)
- Roll out and line shallow baking tray with half mixture. Spread with filling and cover with rest of pastry.
- Brush top with milk and prick pastry top with fork.
- Bake in preheated oven till golden brown (about 20-30 mins)
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No Oats ! Great simple recipe. I replaced water with orange juice for added zing, and chucked in a bit of cinnamon & cloves - 14 Aug 2016
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You could double the amount of pastry for this amount of filling. Or else use left over filling for delicious spread for toast etc. - 19 Feb 2017
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