Ingredients

• Maida (all-purpose flour) - 3/4 cup
• baking powder - 3/4 tsp
• butter - 1/4 cup
• powdered sugar - 1/4 cup
• chopped dates - 1 cup
• chopped nuts - 2 tbsp
• egg 1
• orange essence - 1/2 tsp
• water - 1 tbsp

How to Make Date Chews

• Grease an 8 inch square cake tin and line it with butter paper.
• Melt the butter and leave to cool.
• Add egg, sugar and essence. Beat well.
• Stir in the dates, nuts and water.
• Pour in the prepared tin and bake in a mode oven till done (20 minutes approximately).
• After 5 minutes, turn out, cool completely and cut into slices