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Date Squares - Traditional Newfoundland - Bonita's Kitchen
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- čas přidán 9. 12. 2014
- Welcome to Bonita's Kitchen! Today we will be making Date Squares, made with boiled dates and so much more. Traditional made at Christmas Time here in NL! See recipe below!
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Recipe:
Ingredients:
FILLING:
500g Chopped dates
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp brown sugar
1½ tbsp vanilla
2 cups cold or boiling water
CRUMBLE MIXTURE:
2 cups roll oats
2 cups flour
1 cup of unsweetened coconut
1 cup of brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1½ cups unsalted butter, cut in small cubes.
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350°F, lightly grease your pans, or line your pan with parchment paper.
- Making your FILLING:
-In a medium pot add a pack of chopped dates, 3 tbsp butter, 3 tbsp brown sugar, 1½ tbsp vanilla, and 2 cups of water. Start the pot boiling on medium heat, stir occasionally for about 15 minutes or until filling is thickened, then remove from heat.
- Making your CRUMBLE:
-In a large bowl add 2 cups roll oats, 2 cups white or brown flour, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup unsweetened coconut, 2 tsp baking powder, 1½ cups of cubed unsalted butter. Mix all ingredients together with your hand until all is evenly incorporated together.
- Layering your pans, in a 11 x 14 inch pan or 7 x 11 inch pan or both, start by sprinkling your crumble mixture on the bottom layer of your pans about 1/3 inch thick, press the crumble mixture down on this layer.
- Then take about 3 or four scoops of your date mixture and put on top of your crumbles, spread evenly over your crumble mixture.
- Next step sprinkle another layer of crumbles mixture over the top of the date mixture. Don't press this layer down just sprinkle over the dates.
- Bake your date squares in a pre-heated oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from heat let cool then cut in 2 x 2 inch squares.
(Please note: I have two errors in my video, the first error is when I'm making the filing I said "2 tbsp of butter and the recipe said 3 tbsp", and when making the crust I said to use "2 tbsp of baking powder and my recipe said 2 tsp", I apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this may have cost, Bonita . )
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Each and every recipe of yours has been a total winner in our home. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
mohammad davoudian That is wonderful, thank you so much for letting know. I'm so glad you all are enjoying them. Have a lovely day. Bonita
These are great to take on a hike or long bike ride. In fact, they are often on the snack table at water stations during organized gran fondo rides. They provide great energy and pack well.
That is so great! They are the best for sure and it's so lovely to know it's still an enjoyable snack. We loved these years ago when we were kids, but our parents only made them at Christmas time.Thank you so much for stopping by. Bonita
my daughter and I made them together over the weekend, date squares are her favorite treat and this was a great recipe
FN Dry Chhjv thank you so much for sending me a message and letting us know, we made this video a couple years ago at Christmas time. Date squares are my favourite too, I'm glad this recipe was helpful to you. Thank you for visiting Bonita's kitchen, if you haven't already done so please subscribe to our program and we will send you a notification each time we post a new video recipe. Thanks Bonita
FN Dry Chhjv that's a good idea to make these with my daughter her birthday is the 29th of June so yes thanks, be well.
As much as I love date squares; I have never made them. Thank you for making this easy-to-follow recipe. 😋
Nice! Thank you Mary for watching one of our videos and enjoying our recipe. These are so good and its very hard to only have one. :) Enjoy :) Bonita
Thank you Bonita, here I go I will be trying your recipe...recipe looks delicious. (Irene Cloutier from Northern Ontario)
Thank you so much and I'm so glad you stopped by, they are pretty tasty and good anytime. Thank you for sharing where your from, Merry Christmas!
Bonita
A very calm and collected way of speaking mixed with the in-depth tutorial, makes you, in my eyes, a role model to any and all aspiring CZcams chefs. You have opened my eyes to the world of cooking and I can't thank you enough for that. You possess a true gift and you mustn't take it for granted. Continue to inspire our youth, and have a wonderful day.
~Your biggest fan,
Alexandria Fudge xoxo
Alexx Fudge Thank you once again for your kind words, this video was one of our first few we posted to youtube. I'm glad my love of cooking and baking is helping others, and of course having access to old and new east coast recipes is nice too. Have a lovely day and thank you, Bonita
I like the way your oven door opens to the side. Most ovens in the USA open downward.
Yes I loved that oven, but I don't have that one now it ran its course and needed to be replaced. Thank you for stopping by and we have many recipes you can check out including our new oven. Visit www.bonitaskitchen.com :) Bonita
THEY ARE DELICIOUS LOVE THAT RECIPE
Thank you so much and I'm so glad you stopped by and let us know. :) Enjoy Bonita
Loved this reminder of my Grandma's yummy date squares!
Wow, I was looking for a different type of no bake rolled oat cookie ,but I came across this one !! my mom made these when I was a boy in the 50's Bonita .!! They are the Wicked good huh? Thanks so much for making all these video's .oh! I for got to tell you ,you look like my NaNa ,you have her wonderful hands .God Bless
Awe ,this is the recipe I used to make in PA when I was a very young woman but I list it and have not been able to find it on line. Thank you
You are very welcome and thank you so much for stopping by and for leaving a message. We love date squares or date anything. www.bonitaskitchen.com/recipe/date-nut-loaf/ and date turnovers czcams.com/video/5T7ksxJiD4w/video.htmlsi=KVvt-XtkosJdzmXT We have a few recipes with date in it, we also post a video every Sunday if you wish to stop back. Enjoy Bonita
Bonita, thank you so much! I made this and it's fabulous! YummY!
Nice! I'm so glad you enjoyed them, dates is my favourite and anything dates works for me. Thank you for stopping by and making our recipe, visit www.bonitaskitchen.com and type in dates and all the recipes that got dates will pop up.......Enjoy :) Bonita
I listen and I feel like I'm right there in tbe kitchen with you
Evelyn Rubia Hi and thank you for your message and for visiting our channel, I'm glad you enjoyed this one. One of our old videos and the lighting wasn't good. I love talking to the person that's watching so you fill like we are baking together, I'm glad you noticed that. :) We have over 180 videos and recipes posted here to our youtube channel, so check them out. Enjoy Bonita
I love date square love your videos thank May God bless U your hair are so beautiful love the braid hairstyles you are such a lovely lady
Thank you Joy for your lovely message and for stopping by, this is a lovely recipe and one of my favourite squares. I love to braid my hair but I've cut it a little shorter now and usually just tie it back now. Stay safe and thank you. Bonita
Oh Bonita, visiting with you in your kitchen was like taking a trip down home to see family!! I so enjoyed this video, and am going to be making them later today. Thank you so much for doing it.
CleverEwe you are very welcome and I'm glad you enjoy my videos. Thank you so much for your message, you can also visit my website www.bonitaskitchen.com for more delicious recipes. Bonita
I've been binge watching episodes of your channel and I'm enjoying both the old and the new recipes. This sounds delightful.
Thank you so much Johanna, I'm so glad you are enjoying our recipes and binge watching is the best and we so appreciate your support. Have a lovely day... :) Bonita
Yummy. I’d add a little cinnamon and nutmeg too!
Nice! Thank you so much for your message and for enjoying our recipe and video. Cinnamon and nutmeg would be lovely. Enjoy Bonita
your recipes are so good and you are such a wonderful teacher.. I have made a lot of your recipes and I haven't found one yet that we didn't like.. keep putting on these recipes
Buhay Mckeaveney thank you so much for your beautiful message, I'm glad you are enjoying them. I'm enjoying making them, we are looking forward to posting many more delicious Traditional Newfoundland recipes in the New Year. Thanks again Bonita
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed them. Please feel free to share them with your family and friends. Bonita
Thank you very much. They look delicious, and I'm going to make these this week for family.
Hi Guys,,, it’s time to bake some date squares again. Merry Christmas from Medicine Hat. Stay safe. Dean
HI Dean,, Thank you so much for your message and we hope you enjoy your date squares to the fullest.. This is our favourite Christmas dessert. So good!! Merry Christmas :) Bonita
And I was gonna make my peach pie,lol...they need a few more days to ripen anyhow. Thanks Bonita. Another keeper. Dean, Medicine Hat,Alberta
Thank you Dean, this is a old video but the date squares are amazing. Did you try the peach cobbler on our site I'm thinking you will like that one too. Enjoy your peaches and thank you for leaving a message,. :) Bonita
I love watching your videos, you explain everything so well!
Thank you :) Enjoy our recipes to the fullest. Happy New Year! Bonita
Our friends in Quebec always made these as ‘shore lunch’ treats for my boys. This is a bit different recipe, but oh, sooooo good, and each bite brings back wonderful memories. Believe it or not, I use kitchen shears to cut up my dates into small pieces!
Nice! Thank you Kathy for sharing your kitchen tip and I will remember that for the next time I cut the pitted dates. I'm so glad you enjoyed our old fashion date square recipe and thank you for letting me know. :) Bonita
They look great,
Thanks
Made these today, yummy, love the texture of the crumble.
That is so wonderful, date squares is one of my favourite snacks. They are so healthy for you as well, thank you for sharing your message with us. Have a lovely day. :) Bonita
Wonderful they look great
Thank you so much, date squares are my childhood favourite. :) Bonita
I love it! Bonita!, you are the best !
Thank you so much for your lovely message, I'm so glad you enjoyed our recipe and have a lovely day. :) Bonita
Looks so yummy, Thanks for sharing the recipe.👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹
You are very welcome and thank you for stopping by. :) Happy New Year. :) Bonita
thanks Bonita the date square look delicious
crow 43 thank you for your message, and visiting my channel. These date squares are very easy to make and you can't eat just one, I usually make them in Christmas time or special occasions. 😊 Bonita
Thank you for this delicious recipe ! Cant wait to make some for the family for xmas. Merry christmas!
Hi Melissa: You are very welcome and thank you for your message and for visiting my channel. Enjoy Bonita
i have never heard of coconut in date squares before, i sure will try theses.
Hi Debby: Thank you for your message, coconut gives it a nice taste. My mom would make it like this and I guess I continued on, but you can leave it out if wish. Have a wonderful day and enjoy. Bonita
Nice recipe!
Oh! I subscribed - I was born in the late 40's in Maine.You have many recipes from my childhood .My NaNa ,and my mom showed me how to cook.When I met my wife in 1970 I found out she was not a cook !! So ,I didn't mind being the cook for her and our two boy's. Sadly, I lost her in 2006 the day after Christmas ,so now I cook for myself .God Bless
Phillip thank you for visiting Bonita's kitchen and subscribing, so sorry to hear about your wife. I have over 32 recipes on youtube to date of our traditional Newfoundland cooking and baking. I'm hoping to continue posting more recipes thanks to my subscribers, please share any of my recipes this will help us keep the love of our cultural cooking alive. Bonita
Phillip Washburn I was born and raised in Maine as well. I'm so sorry for your loss and I know what it is like to cook for one. are usually end up cooking for six and freeze a bunch of me old I also share with people I know. bless and be well.
Elizabeth Shaw
Hi Elizabeth , thank you for those kind words.One of my closest buddies was named Gerald Shaw.We grew up in Exeter,Maine and then went to EastCorinth Academy.....63-67 . He stopped in our Junior year ,And went into the Army . He died before I got out in 1970 ! May this find you well....Blessings
Phillip Washburn oh no need to thank me. I think it is what any decent human being would and should do. Well you were quite a ways from me. I was born and raised in Portland well into the suburbs a mile or so from Westbrook and the Windham line. I'm so sorry to hear about your buddy! I lost my dad 4 years ago and it's always painful to lose people. Hopefully we meet new people who make us smile. Are you still in Maine or did you move away? I moved overseas with the intention of never coming back but somehow I ended up back. You take good care of yourself and be well :-)
Elizabeth Shaw
When I got out of the Army in June 1970....I went back to be with my mom for two months .Then I moved to Connecticut ,to work for my Aunt & Uncle.Thats when I met my wife to be on Memorial Day '71. We were wed in '73 and had two sons .I share an apartment with my oldest son in Naugatuck ,Connecticut .My youngest son lives in Wallingford ,Connecticut about 25 miles away.
Hope you are well ...God bless :-)
This looks really good, Bonita. I have only worked with Dates a couple of times. I am happy that You have shown Us how to make a Yummy dessert. I know that dates at least the ones that I bought; were very sweet. I was thinking that is why they don’t have any confectioners sugar(powdered sugar) or any type of a glaze on them. These do look DELICIOUS!!! Thank You again, Bonita for sharing Your talents with Us.
God Bless You and Your's. ✝️🙏🏽😊👍🏼❤️💕👋🏼
You are very welcome Dalaine, you can also leave out the sugar if you wish to have less sweetness. But these are so tasty and my moms favourite. Enjoy and thank you so much. :) Bonita
@@bonitaskitchen You are very welcome. I may try it with sugar and without as I am a Diabetic. Thank You for letting Me know that tip.
Wonderful recipe....
Thank you :) Bonita
Delicious Bonita ..:)
Tina simon thank you this was a old video and our lighting was bad but the recipe is delicious, it always reminds me of Christmas. Bonita
I made these today. They were tasty but very thin. I used the pan sizes that were used in the video. Next time I make them I will use probably a 9 by 13 rectangular pan and probably a square pan. I used parkay margarine too instead of the unsalted butter because I didn't have any butter. I don't know if this changed the way the base turned out? Anyhow they are tasty but thin, so my sister who I was baking them for will have thin date squares and hopefully next year I will get it right. Thanks for sharing!
Yummy
Jude Frazier Thank you for your message and for visiting my channel. Bonita
I ysed to use a pastry blender to mix the dry ingredients.
my father loved date bars and I made them every Christmas for him period I still make them to honor him.
This said Christmas to me. Mother alway served them with cold glass of milk
Such a joy, ty for this a bunch you gave me back my grandmoms same version with the coconut, but she also ground walnuts. Xox love your kitchen, that oven is sexy swinging to the side. Love it. And is that a microwave on top?
Hi Paris: Thank you so much for your message and for visiting our channel, I'm glad you enjoyed our recipe and my oven is now put to rest because it broke down and couldn't be fixed. I have a new one but it opens down, :( also that is a microwave about the stove. Enjoy your day. :) Bonita
Bonita's Kitchen happy June 2 you all and I hope all is well for you. I am happy you replied. It's 2 bad about my OVEN ROFL, YES I SAID MY OVEN. AKA "THE SEXY STOVE" AND THAT MICRO IS JUST AS AWESOME. YOUR NATURE IS INVITING, IT WOULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL TO DO A FOOD DEMO WITH YOU. UNIVERSE IS FUNNY IN HOW IT PLACES US IN PATHS OF KINDRED NEIGHBORS NEAR OR FAR WE MUST LOVE AND ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER. BE WELL AND YES I'M JEALOUS, IT SEEMS WHERE YOU LIVE IS A PLACE TO REALLY CALL HOME. I SOME DAY I PRAY WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO CALL A PLACE OTHER THAN ME HEART MY HOME. XOX
Hi Bonita, I've seen so many recipes that uses baking soda, but yours call for baking powder. Is there a difference in the end result?
Hi Marie: Thank you so much for your message, I've only made them with baking powder so I don't know if there is a difference but they taste delicious. I hope this helps and enjoy. Bonita
My husband likes prune squares - can I make the same way?
Yes of course just follow the method for these and enjoy. Thank you for stopping by and for leaving a message. :) Bonita
Hi bonita
how r u
I spoke to u about a mary Brown's fried chicken and wedges recipe I was wondering if u posted it it cause I believe u said it would be sometime in August just want to know if u had the chance to do it yet
Thanks
Darren
Hi Darren, Thank you for stopping by and yes I remember you asking for that recipe. It will be posted this Sunday so don't forget to stop back and have your chicken, potatoes, deep fryer and oil ready to go. :) Bonita
@@bonitaskitchen ok thanks I'll stay tuned have u tried it ur self if u fid how close was it
@@darrenrose7827 Yes, we make it lots over the pass few years. We lived away and didn't have access to Mary Brown Chicken, this was our go to meal. So tasty and crispy! :) Bonita
@@bonitaskitchen looking forward o
Oh just thought I should mention that in your video you say for filling mixture add 2 tbsp butter but in recipe above it reads 3 tbsp butter. Also for crust in video you say add 2 tbsp of baking powder but in recipe above it reads 2 tsp. I went by what was in the video because I had not seen the recipe above. Which is right? Also would using a glass dish make a difference?
Hi Madonna, Sorry for the confusion sometimes when I'm making my videos i will say the wrong amount, or the wrong word, but when I'm writing the recipe I try to write in the amount that is needed. We are taping it live and it's very hard to go back and retake it. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have cost, and thank you for pointing this out and visiting Bonita's kitchen. Bonita
+Bonita's Kitchen
You can use a glass dish, but line the bottom with parchment paper to stop it from burning, and also using alittle more butter in this recipe will be ok. I just finished making some for Christmas and can't wait to have one.
+Bonita's Kitchen I appreciate your reply and now I know why the date squares turned out like they did. It is because I added 2 tbsp. baking powder as you said in the video. I didn't even know the recipe was there I stumbled on that by accident. I watched your video today a number of times to make sure I was doing everything as I should. I added 3 times the amount of baking powder that I should of and according to what I have read on the internet this is why the base was so flat. I have to throw everything in the garbage now and lost so much time. Please review your videos before posting so this does not happen again.
@@madonnagulliver4702 guess your not much of a cook!! cause common sense woulda told you it sounds like too much!! also don't you google a few recipes or are you a lazy gop ..who never does homework, but loves being negative to a nice elder ? did you give 8 thumbs down only trolls who have no life.. are like you
@@madonnagulliver4702 Your def an American troll
Why add sugar to the filling? The dates are very sweet
Good Questions? thank you for stopping by and for leaving a message. The extra sugar added to the dates don't stand out only blend in. If you don't want to have that extra sugar leave it out, the same as any recipe. I hope that helps and enjoy to the fullest and have a wonderful weekend. :) Bonita
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Thank you for your message and this is a link to our brown bread czcams.com/video/ujOU6XE0xss/video.html also visit www.bonitaskitchen.com for many recipes for bread, meals, baking, jams, pickles, snacks and salting. Enjoy Bonita
Can you substitute the dates?