{"id":3338,"date":"2017-07-07T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T01:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrsbutterfingers.com\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2017-10-08T01:29:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T01:29:48","slug":"decadent-date-squares-aka-matrimonial-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbutterfingers.com\/?p=3338","title":{"rendered":"DECADENT DATE SQUARES … aka MATRIMONIAL SQUARES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I will never forget the first time I tasted date squares.\u00a0 I was still in public school.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My best friend’s Mom was an excellent cook and baker.\u00a0\u00a0 One day after-school she served us a treat that\u00a0 had me over the moon.\u00a0 A sweet square that looked a little crumbly around the edges .\u00a0 One bite and I was swooning over a rich, buttery, caramel enhanced oat crumb with an intensely exotic filling of dark, sweet dates.\u00a0 She called these magical morsels matrimonial squares.\u00a0\u00a0 Even the name was wonderful.\u00a0 Matrimonial squares.\u00a0 Were these a special creation for weddings?\u00a0 Or did they bring about marriage?<\/p>\n

Date squares (matrimonial squares) were my first introduction to baking squares.\u00a0 None of my cookbooks had a section for “squares”.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My cookbooks were published in the thirties and early forties and were all that was available.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I had started baking around l945.\u00a0 I asked for the recipe and these many years later I\u00a0 am still baking Mrs. Rybka’s Matrimonial Squares.<\/p>\n

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DATE SQUARES … aka MATRIMONIAL SQUARES<\/div>\n
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Recipe Type<\/span>: squares<\/span><\/div>\n
Cuisine: Canadian<\/span><\/div>\n
Author: Mrs Butterfingers<\/span><\/div>\n
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