Orange & Date Square - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
2 2/3 cups graham wafer crumbs
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup walnuts (I use pecans)
1/2 cup dates (chopped)
1/2 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
ICING
3 tablespoons softened butter
1 tablespoon cream or 1 tablespoon half-and-half
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Preparation

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time and mix smooth.
Add Baking Powder, Baking Soda, salt and Graham crumbs.
Add nuts and dates.
Add orange juice and zest and mix well.
Bake in a 9x9 greased pan at 350 degree oven 35 to 40 minutes. When cool you may want to ice with orange icing.
Orange Icing: In a medium bowl mix butter, cream and orange juice.
Add in icing sugar, adding more if needed to make for desired consistency.