Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 50 mins

Serves: 8-10

These easy-to-make fruit filled bakes combine tender apples, naturally sweet dates, and a buttery oat crumble for a delicious autumn treat. They’re perfect for Succot entertaining.

Method:

Heat oven to 180°C and line a 20cm square tin.
Rub the butter into the flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon and salt until crumbly and stir in the honey.
Press two-thirds into the tin and bake for 15 minutes.
Toss the apples with honey, lemon juice, cinnamon, cardamom, cornflour and dates and scatter over the baked base.
Top with the remaining crumble mixture and bake for 30–35 minutes until golden. Cool completely before slicing.
Prepare the honey glaze by mixing the icing sugar and honey (to taste) with enough water to make a thick, spoonable consistency. Drizzle over the cooled bars before serving.

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Ingredients

Name: Apple and date crumble bars
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 8-10
Ingredients: Crumble base and topping:; 30g plain flour; 200g cold unsalted butter, cubed; 100g light brown sugar; 100g rolled oats; 3 tbsp runny honey; 1 tsp cinnamon; Pinch of salt Filling:; 500g Braeburn apples, peeled and diced; 2 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp cinnamon; ¼ tsp ground cardamom; 1 tbsp cornflour; 100g chopped dates Glaze:; 2 tbsp icing sugar; 1-2 tsp honey; A few drops of water

Crumble base and topping:
30g plain flour
200g cold unsalted butter, cubed
100g light brown sugar
100g rolled oats
3 tbsp runny honey
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of salt

Filling:
500g Braeburn apples, peeled and diced
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cardamom
1 tbsp cornflour
100g chopped dates

Glaze:
2 tbsp icing sugar
1-2 tsp honey
A few drops of water