Orange Zest Maple Date Bars
Orange Zest Maple Date Bars is a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert. This recipe makes 8 servings with 470 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat each. For $1.84 per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 14 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. It is brought to you by Foodista. A mixture of orange zest, butter, ground flax seed, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a not so excellent spoonacular score of 35%. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Maple Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Orange Zest, Maple-Date Bars, and Maple-Date Bars.
Diets
Ingredients
dates
1.75 cups
water
0.75 cup
maple syrup
1 cup
orange zest
3 strips
sugar
0.6666667 cup
butter
0.5 cup
flour
4.5 ounces
rolled oats
1 cup
baking soda
0.25 teaspoon
salt
0.25 teaspoon
ground flax seed
2 tablespoons
Cooking in Steps
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1Pit the dates and chop them up into little pieces. In a medium sauce pan, combine water, dates and maple syrup and bring to a boil, stirring often. Once at a boil, add the citrus peels and stir. Turn the heat down to medium and cook down until most of the water is gone. When it starts to look like jam, its done.
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dates
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2Place sauce pan in a freezer to quickly cool down the mixture.
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3When date jam is cooled, preheat the oven to 400F and begin to prepare the rest of the recipe.
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jam
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4Combine flour, baking soda, salt and oats in a bowl and whisk together.
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all purpose flour
oats
salt
whisk
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5In another large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy.
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sugar
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6Add the dry ingredients to the butter and cream and mix with a spatula or large wooden spoon until completely mixed. The texture will look quite crumbly.
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7Coat a 13x9-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray. Then begin layering your ingredients carefully.
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8Layer half of the crumb mixture and press down in the pan to make the bottom layer crust.
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9B.CAREFULLY spread your date jam on top of the crumb crust using a spatula sprayed with some oil.
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cooking oil
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10C.Finally, sprinkle the remainder of the crumb mixture on top of the date jam.
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11Bake for about 20-30 minutes, until the top is golden.
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12Cool completely before cutting.
