Millet And Oat Date Squares

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup chopped pitted dates
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 3/8 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/8 cup buckwheat flour
• 1/8 cup ground flax seeds
• 1/8 cup wheat bran
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup or 3 tablespoons golden syrup
• 1 cup oats (not instant)
• 1 cup millet

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine dates, 1 tsp of brown sugar and orange juice in a small saucepan. bring to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat and cook, stirring often, until dates are soft enough to be mashed with a fork. set aside.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, blend all-purpose flour, buckwheat flour, flax, wheat bran, baking soda and salt.
• 5 cut in butter/margarine until mixture resembles course crumbs.
• 6 stir in brown sugar, maple/golden syrup, oats and millet, but do not over mix. mixture should stay crumbly.
• 7 press half of crumb mixture over bottom of lightly buttered 8x8-inch pan to form bottom crust.
• 8 gently spread date filling over bottom crust.
• 9 sprinkle remaining oat mixture over date filling and lightly pat with palm of hand to even out.
• 10 bake for 25 minutes at 350°f.
• 11 allow to cool a bit in the pan and cut into squares.