Orange Zest Maple Date Bars

Orange Zest Maple Date Bars is a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert. One serving contains 472 calories, 4g of protein, and 13g of fat. This recipe serves 8. For $1.63 per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 14 people found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. This recipe from Foodista requires flour, water, salt, and orange zest. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 32%. This score is not so excellent. Similar recipes include Maple Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Orange Zest, Maple-Date Bars, and Maple-Date Bars.

Servings: 8

 

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups chopped pitted dates (about 15 large medjool dates)

3/4 cup water

cup maple syrup

A few strips of orange peels or zest

2/3 cup white sugar

1/2 cup softened butter

1 cup of all-purpose flour (4.5 ounces)

1 cup rolled oats (instant rolled oats is fine)

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons ground flax seed (optional)

Equipment:

sauce pan

oven

whisk

bowl

mixing bowl

wooden spoon

spatula

baking pan

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

Pit the dates and chop them up into little pieces. In a medium sauce pan, combine water, dates and maple syrup and bring to a boil, stirring often. Once at a boil, add the citrus peels and stir. Turn the heat down to medium and cook down until most of the water is gone. When it starts to look like jam, its done. Place sauce pan in a freezer to quickly cool down the mixture. When date jam is cooled, preheat the oven to 400F and begin to prepare the rest of the recipe. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and oats in a bowl and whisk together. In another large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy. Add the dry ingredients to the butter and cream and mix with a spatula or large wooden spoon until completely mixed. The texture will look quite crumbly. Coat a 13x9-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray. Then begin layering your ingredients carefully. A.Layer half of the crumb mixture and press down in the pan to make the bottom layer crust. B.CAREFULLY spread your date jam on top of the crumb crust using a spatula sprayed with some oil. C.Finally, sprinkle the remainder of the crumb mixture on top of the date jam. Bake for about 20-30 minutes, until the top is golden. Cool completely before cutting.

 

Step by step:


1. Pit the dates and chop them up into little pieces. In a medium sauce pan, combine water, dates and maple syrup and bring to a boil, stirring often. Once at a boil, add the citrus peels and stir. Turn the heat down to medium and cook down until most of the water is gone. When it starts to look like jam, its done.

2. Place sauce pan in a freezer to quickly cool down the mixture.

3. When date jam is cooled, preheat the oven to 400F and begin to prepare the rest of the recipe.

4. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and oats in a bowl and whisk together.

5. In another large mixing bowl, beat sugar and butter until creamy.

6. Add the dry ingredients to the butter and cream and mix with a spatula or large wooden spoon until completely mixed. The texture will look quite crumbly.

7. Coat a 13x9-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray. Then begin layering your ingredients carefully.

8. A.Layer half of the crumb mixture and press down in the pan to make the bottom layer crust.

9. B.CAREFULLY spread your date jam on top of the crumb crust using a spatula sprayed with some oil.

10. C.Finally, sprinkle the remainder of the crumb mixture on top of the date jam.

11. Bake for about 20-30 minutes, until the top is golden.

12. Cool completely before cutting.


Nutrition Information:

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471 Calories
4g Protein
13g Total Fat
87g Carbs
4% Health Score
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Calories
471
24%

Fat
13g
20%

  Saturated Fat
7g
47%

Carbohydrates
87g
29%

  Sugar
61g
68%

Cholesterol
30mg
10%

Sodium
215mg
9%

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Protein
4g
8%

Manganese
1mg
77%

Vitamin B2
0.64mg
38%

Fiber
4g
18%

Vitamin B1
0.25mg
16%

Selenium
9µg
14%

Magnesium
47mg
12%

Potassium
374mg
11%

Folate
40µg
10%

Phosphorus
93mg
9%

Iron
1mg
9%

Vitamin B3
1mg
8%

Copper
0.16mg
8%

Calcium
73mg
7%

Vitamin A
359IU
7%

Zinc
0.95mg
6%

Vitamin B5
0.41mg
4%

Vitamin B6
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin E
0.4mg
3%

Vitamin K
2µg
2%

Vitamin D
0.21µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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