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Grandma's Matrimonial Cake

Grandma's Matrimonial Cake Ingredients: dates, deglet noor water, bottled, generic lemon juice, raw wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched oats sugars, brown leavening agents, baking soda butter, without salt Dir...

Grandma's Matrimonial Cake

Ingredients:
dates, deglet noor
water, bottled, generic
lemon juice, raw
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
oats
sugars, brown
leavening agents, baking soda
butter, without salt

Directions:
Date filling: Place water and dates in saucepan.
Cover and cook on low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the filling is thickened and smooth.
If the cooking mixture is too thick, add a little water.
Stir in the lemon juice.
Set aside.
cake:.
Mix flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda.
Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Press half of the crumbs into a greased 9 x 13 pan.
Top with Date filling mixture.
Spread evenly with a spatula.
Top with remaining half of crumbs.
Bake 350 35 minutes til lightly browned.
Cut into 42 bars.