Date Shortcake Recipe

Ingredients & Quantities

• 340g of Self Raising Flour
• 170g of Margarine
• 80g of Sugar
• 280g of Dates

Method

1. Barely cover the dates with water and stew until soft and of a spreading consistency.
2. Rub the marge in to the flour, add the sugar and mix in to a stiff dough as for short crust pastry.
3. Line a flan tin with half the pastry.
4. Spread the date mixture, cover with the remaining pastry and bake in a hot oven at 400F/200C for 3/4 of an hour.