Orange & Date Square

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 2/3 cups graham wafer crumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts (i use pecans)
• 1/2 cup dates (chopped)
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 3 tablespoons softened butter
• 1 tablespoon cream or 1 tablespoon half-and-half
• 1 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time and mix smooth.
• 2 add baking powder, baking soda, salt and graham crumbs.
• 3 add nuts and dates.
• 4 add orange juice and zest and mix well.
• 5 bake in a 9x9 greased pan at 350 degree oven 35 to 40 minutes. when cool you may want to ice with orange icing.
• 6 orange icing: in a medium bowl mix butter, cream and orange juice.
• 7 add in icing sugar, adding more if needed to make for desired consistency.