Chocolate date squares??!
Answers: When i was a little girl my granny uses to bake all the time, but my favourite was chocolate date squares, sadly my granny died last year and i never got the recipie, She never made them with any kind of nuts and i cant find a recipie without nuts in it, does anyone else know the recipie for chocolate date squares.?
If the recipe above (without nuts) is not what you are after it might be something like this....
Ingredients
? 125 gm butter or margarine
? 2 tbs. sugar
? 250 gm dates, stones removed and chopped
? 100 gm rice crispies (a cereal)
? 200 gm cooking chocolate
Instructions
1. Melt butter and sugar in a pan.
2. Add and mix chopped dates.
3. Cook over a low heat until soft and mushy. Turn heat off.
4. Add rice crispies and mix well, gently.
5. Turn it out on a greased baking tray and spread it in a 2 cm thick layer.
6. Press firmly to make it compact. Keep aside to cool.
7. Melt chocolate in a bowl, standing in a pan of gently simmering water.
8. Pour over the date mix, spread evenly and allow to cool, marking the squares with a knife before it sets completely.
9. Cut when cold and store in an airtight box.
I don't know if these are the same, but they are good! There are nuts in the topping, but you could easily omit them.
Chocolate Date Squares
2 cups chopped dates
1 cup hot water
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
TOPPING:
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts
In a bowl, combine dates and water; set aside to cool (do not drain). In a mixing bowl, cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs, flour, baking soda and salt; mix well. Add dates. Pour into a greased and floured 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
use the recipe you have just leave out the nuts.
ME LOVE CHOCLATE DATE SQAURES!!
ME JUST ATE 30 OF THEM BUT ME STILL HUNGRY :(