Ingredients

• 200 gm flour
• 100 gm rolled oats
• 300 gm dates
• 150 gm sugar
• 1 lemon
• 150 gm butter

How to Make Date Crunchies

• Grate the rind of lemon.
• Mix flour, oats, sugar and lemon rind in a bowl.
• Melt butter and add to the mixture.
• Mix well with a spoon until the mixture is crumbly.
• Grease a baking tin. Sprinkle half the mixture evenly into the tin and press it down well.
• Stone the dates and chop them into small pieces. Cook them in 4 tsps of water until pulpy.
• Spread the date pulp over the mixture in the baking tin and smooth over with a palette knife.
• Sprinkle the rest of the flour mixture and press down well.
• Bake in an oven at 350 degrees F for one hour.