Millet And Oat Date Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup chopped pitted dates
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
3/8 cup all-purpose flour
3/8 cup buckwheat flour
1/8 cup ground flax seeds
1/8 cup wheat bran
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons maple syrup or 3 tablespoons golden syrup
1 cup oats (not instant)
1 cup millet

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Combine dates, 1 TSP of brown sugar and orange juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and cook, stirring often, until dates are soft enough to be mashed with a fork. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, blend all-purpose flour, buckwheat flour, flax, wheat bran, baking soda and salt.
Cut in butter/margarine until mixture resembles course crumbs.
Stir in brown sugar, maple/golden syrup, oats and millet, but do not over mix. Mixture should stay crumbly.
Press half of crumb mixture over bottom of lightly buttered 8x8-inch pan to form bottom crust.
Gently spread date filling over bottom crust.
Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over date filling and lightly pat with palm of hand to even out.
Bake for 25 minutes at 350\u00b0F.
Allow to cool a bit in the pan and cut into squares.