{"id":4376,"date":"2026-04-29T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=4376"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:28:08","slug":"date-crumble-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/date-crumble-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Date Crumble Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Date Crumble Bars (Chewy &amp; Nostalgic)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For the crust &amp; topping:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the filling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups chopped dates<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon lemon juice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F). Grease a square baking pan (8\u00d78 inch).<\/li>\n<li>In a saucepan, combine dates and water. Cook over medium heat until soft and thick (about 5\u201310 minutes). Stir in lemon juice and nuts, then let cool.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, mix flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt.<\/li>\n<li>Add melted butter and mix until crumbly.<\/li>\n<li>Press half of the mixture into the pan to form the base.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the date filling evenly over the base.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture on top.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 25\u201330 minutes until golden brown.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool completely, then cut into squares.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Crumble Bars (Chewy &amp; Nostalgic) Ingredients: For the crust &amp; topping: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup rolled oats&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4378,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4376\/revisions\/4378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}