{{Short description|Canadian date cookie}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Date squares | image = Date Squares.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = Matrimonial cake, date crumbles | country = Canada | region = | creator = | course = | type = Dessert | served = | main_ingredient = Dates, oatmeal | variations = Partridgeberry squares | calories = | other = }} {{Canadian cuisine}} A '''date square''' is a Canadian dessert or bar cookie made of cooked dates with an oatmeal crumb topping.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chatelaine.com/recipe/desserts/date-squares-recipe/|title=Old-fashioned date squares}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://southernfood.about.com/od/dessertrecipe1/r/bl11209a.htm|title=Best Ever Date Bars With Crumbly Oat Crust|publisher=|access-date=2008-07-09|archive-date=2010-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112085042/http://southernfood.about.com/od/dessertrecipe1/r/bl11209a.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the western provinces it is known as matrimonial cake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2008/07/matrimonial-cake.html|title=Matrimonial Cake}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://apps.plotandscatter.com:8080/dchp2/Entries/view/matrimonial%252520cake|title=Matrimonial Cake}}</ref> In Eastern Canada, it can also be known as date crumbles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockrecipes.com/newfoundland-date-crumbles/|title=Date Crumbles|date=4 October 2007}}</ref> It is often found in coffee shops as a sweet snack food. Sometimes nuts are added to the base layer or crumb topping, or other alterations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starbucks.com/menu/food/bakery/blueberry-oat-bar|title=Starbucks Blueberry Oat Bars}}</ref> There can also be candied peel added to the date stuffing for a contrasting {{linktext|texture}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,158191-255204,00.html|title=Date And Nut Squares - Recipe - Cooks.com|first=The FOURnet Information|last=Network|website=www.cooks.com}}</ref>
==History== The date square is known as a traditional dish of Newfoundland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lordbyronskitchen.com/newfoundland-date-squares/|title=Newfoundland Date Squares|date=3 February 2017}}</ref>
==See also== * List of desserts * Canadian cuisine * List of cakes * {{portal-inline|Food}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Date Square}} Category:Canadian desserts Category:Cuisine of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Date desserts
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