Apricot and Date Bar
(4)
45 minutes
This is a relatively healthy oat based homemade snack that is packed with dates and apricots.
Esther Kenagy
6 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 24
- Filling
- 1 cup dates, pitted and diced
- 1 3/4 cups drained stewed apricots
- 1/2 cup (125g) white sugar
- 2 tablespoons apricot nectar
- Crust
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup (155g) brown sugar
- 2 cups (250g) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 2 cups oats
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:45min
- Filling: Cook together the dates, drained cooked apricots, white sugar and apricot nectar. Cook for about 3 minutes or until it resembles jam.
- Crust: Mix together melted butter, brown sugar, flour, bicarbonate of soda, oats and vanilla.
- Assembly: Press half of the crust mixture on the bottom of a well greased 23x33cm cake tin. Cover with filling. Top with rest of crumbs. Press down gently.
- Bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees C.
- Cool in the tin then slice into bars.
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Reviews and Ratings
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Reviews in English (2)
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My Mother, God rest her soul, use to make these every Christmas for our family. They are part of her memory to us and they are delicious.Easy to make a good tasting and moist. - 07 Mar 2011 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)