This Quick and Easy Gluten Free Date Slice Recipe is a cross between a cookie bar and blondies. With crisp, chewy edges and soft centres, this six ingredient dessert is gluten free, egg free and can also be vegan and dairy-free. Perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges, holiday baking, fetes and cake stalls and more.
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Having coeliac disease means that I usually can't eat what everyone else is eating... and usually that doesn't bother me at all...
But sometimes I get to church on a Sunday morning and see the 8am ladies and gents with their epic morning tea spread and I kinda sorta wish I could devour their old fashioned treats...
And then I find myself dreaming of making said treats and decide that I really need to make those dreams a reality.
This Date Slice recipe was one of those treats.
You see, the lure of those golden, buttery looking cookie bars was too much to resist - so I decided I needed to make my own version.
And this gluten free version? It quickly became a family favourite.
Super simple to make and delicious to eat, this Gluten Free Date Slice Recipe needs just 6 ingredients and can be whipped up in minutes.
Enjoy them warm, let them cool and pop them into your cookie jar, eat them alongside a cup of tea or devour them on their own - the choice is yours!
So let me share the recipe with you! >>
Yield: 16 pieces
Easy Gluten Free Date Slice Recipe (Vegan Options)
This Quick and Easy Gluten Free Date Slice Recipe is a cross between a cookie bar and blondies. With crisp, chewy edges and soft centres, this six ingredient dessert is gluten free, egg free and can also be vegan and dairy free. Perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges, holiday baking, fetes and cake stalls and more.
Click to pin this recipe on Pinterest .
Click to pin this recipe on Pinterest .
prep time: 5 Mcook time: 15 Mtotal time: 20 M
ingredients:
- 1 cup (175g) dates, chopped*
- 1 1/3 cup (160g) gluten free plain flour
- 1/3 cup (65g) brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup (100g) butter
- 2 tbsp (50g) golden syrup)
instructions:
How to cook Easy Gluten Free Date Slice Recipe (Vegan Options)
- Preheat your oven to 180C/355F.
- Line an 8x8" baking tin with baking paper and set aside.
- Sift your flour and baking powder into a medium mixing bowl and set aside. Add your dates and brown sugar.
- In a small saucepan, heat your butter and golden syrup over a medium high heat until melted.
- Once your butter mixture is melted, pour it over your butter mixture and stir to combine.
- Your mixture will look quite crumbly, but it should press together.
- Pour your mixture into your prepared tin and flatten out with a spoon or your fingertips.
- Press your slice mixture out, forming an even layer.
- Bake your slice for 15 minutes or until golden.
- Leave to cool before slicing and serving.
- This slice will keep for ~a week in an airtight container at room temperature.
NOTES:
*I used dried dates for these bars instead of fresh medjool dates as the dried dates give them more of a chewy texture, however, both work fine!
**For a vegan option, use coconut oil instead of butter.
**For a vegan option, use coconut oil instead of butter.
But tell me,
Are there any foods you can't eat but wish you could?
Or any treats you wish you could recreate for yourself?
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