Date and Cranberries Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup Pitted Dates
• 1 cup Dried Cranberries
• ½ cups Brown Sugar
• 3 Tablespoons Butter
• ½ cups Honey
• 2 cups Water
• 1 teaspoon Orange Blossom Water (optional)
• 3 cups Large Oats
• ¼ cups Spelt Flour
• ¼ cups Bread Flour

Preparation Instructions

In a saucepan, cook dates, cranberries, sugar, butter and honey (cover with enough water) until you get fruits re-hydrated and the mixture syrupy. Add the orange blossom water.

In a bowl, mix oats, flours (I didn’t, but you could add a bit of salt to sharpen the taste)

Add the fruit compote to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.

I cooked it in a glass container covered with a teflon sheet at 350 F for 30 minutes. When cooked, reverse the dish onto a board, wait 10 minutes and cut in pieces.

Why the orange blossom water?? That’s the taste i love in good Baklava.