Ingredients:
Date sauce:
Seedless dates – 1 cup
Light brown sugar – 1/4 cup
Water – 1/2 cup
Boil water in a saucepan. Add sugar and dates. Bring the mixture to a boil and then simmer for 5 minutes. A thick smooth date syrup would be ready. If it is too thick, add more boiling water.
Oatmeal mixture:
Instant oats – 1.5 cup
Plain flour – 1 cup
Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp
Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Honey – 3 tbsp
Butter – 1\2 cup (melted)
Method:
1. Sieve together oats, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
2. Mix butter and honey.
3. Add the butter mixture to the oats-flour mixture. Mix well in one direction. Add little milk if the mixture is too thick.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
5. Spread one half of the oats mixture in a greased baking pan. On top this, spread the date sauce. Again spread the other half of the oats mixture over the date sauce.
6. Bake for about 35 to 45 minutes.
7. Remove, cool and cut into pieces.
