NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE: Date Squares

 
BREAKING!

Linda has a near-death experience, and sees a light at the end of a tunnel…

…but it was just the oven with something yummy baking inside!

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Here’s the Recipe:

• Preheat oven
• Prepare filling
• Combine dates, hot water and brown sugar together in saucepan
• Cook over medium heat until dates are soft and water is absorbed
• Add vanilla and let cool. (I realized when combining everything that they actually missed the vanilla in the list of ingredients, but it was there in the directions, so I’ve ballparked it.  You can choose your amount.)
• Meanwhile, prepare pastry
• Combine dry ingredients together in a bowl
• Work in butter with 2 knives or pastry blender until pastry is crumbly
• Spread half the mixture in bottom of a greased pan and pat down
• Cover with cold date filling
• Pat remaining mixture on top
• Bake in a moderate oven
• Cut into squares while still warm and cool in pan before serving