Date Squares with Raisins (Gluten Free)

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ pound dates

  pitted
• ½ pound raisins
• 2 ½ cups cold water
• 1 ½ cups oat flour

  certified gluten free, if necessary
• 1 cup quick oatmeal

  certified gluten free, if necessary
• ½ cup desiccated coconut
• ½ cup organic raw cane sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

  gluten free, if necessary
• ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
• ¾ cup butter

Instructions

• 1 Combine dates, raisins, and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil over
  medium-high heat. Reduce heat to simmer. Simmer until dates are soft, about 10
  minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature while you prepare the pastry.
• 2 Preheat oven to 350 F.
• 3 Whisk the dry ingredients together. Cut in the the butter with a pastry blender
  or two knives until it is worked through in pieces about the size of peas.
• 4 Pour half of the dry pastry mixture into an 8-inch square cake pan. Press it
  down firmly all over with a flat spatula.
• 5 Spread the date-raisin filling over it. The pastry will absorb any excess water.
• 6 Spoon the remaining pastry mixture over the filling, and press down firmly all
  over.
• 7 Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.

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