date crumble

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• filling:
• 1 cup pitted and chopped dates, or to taste
• 1/4 cup cold water, or as needed
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or more to taste
• crumble:
• 1 3/8 cups self-rising flour
• 1 1/2 cups margarine
• 1 cup oats
• 3/4 cup white sugar

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 355 degrees f (180 degrees c). grease a 9-inch square baking dish.
• combine dates, water, 2 tablespoons sugar, and vanilla extract in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until filling mixture forms a paste, about 5 minutes. add more water if filling gets too thick. remove saucepan from heat and cool.
• place flour in a bowl and rub margarine into flour using your hands until mixture resembles bread crumbs; stir in oats and 3/4 cup sugar. press 1/2 of the mixture into the prepared baking dish. spoon filling over over crust, smoothing with the back of the spoon, leaving a thin border between the filling and the edge of the dish. sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture over filling.
• bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes.