Pastries with date powder
and lemon juice

Recipe by TomoorCuisine: SnackDifficulty: EasyQuantity

9

barsPrep time

15

minutes Curing time

1

hour Save

1 week

in the refrigerator

Ingredients

• Filling

• 425 g khalas dates, finely chopped

• 250 ml of water

• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice

• 1 tablespoon date sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

• Crisp

• 175 g rolled oats

• 150 g wheat flour or almond flour

• 160 g date sugar

• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

• 170 g butter, softened

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C with the rack in the middle position. Line a 20-cm square baking dish with parchment paper.
• Filling
• In a saucepan, bring the dates, water, lemon juice, and date sugar to a boil. Add the baking powder, mix everything well, and let it simmer for 5 minutes until the dates have broken apart. Let it cool.
• Crisp
• In a bowl, mix together the rolled oats, flour, date sugar, and baking powder. Add the butter and stir everything together well.
• Spread half of the crisp mixture in the baking dish and press it down firmly. Place the
  date mixture. Cover with the rest of the crisp mixture and press down lightly. Bake for 45 minutes or until the crisp is crispy and golden brown. Let cool on a wire rack for 2 hours. Remove from the pan and cut
  into 16 squares.