Grandmother's Matrimonial Squares recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups quick-cooking oats
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
¾ cup butter
½ pound dates, pitted and chopped
¾ cup water
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Nutrition Info

150.8 calories
carbohydrate: 23 g
cholesterol: 15.3 mg
fat: 6.2 g
fiber: 1.4 g
protein: 1.6 g
saturatedFat: 3.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 116.6 mg
sugar: 13.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Stir oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and baking powder together in a bowl, cut in butter using a pastry blender until mixture is mealy and butter pieces are uniformly small.

  3. Press half of oat mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking pan.

  4. Cook dates with water in a small saucepan over medium heat until they fall apart and are easily mashed with a wooden spoon, about 10 minutes, remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.

  5. Spoon date mixture evenly over oat mixture in baking pan, sprinkle remaining oat mixture evenly over top and press into place.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden at the edges, about 30 minutes, remove to cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Recipe Yield

24 bars

Recipe Note

My grandmother has made this recipe for years, and now that she can no longer do this herself, I have taken over the family tradition of preparing this great dessert. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

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