Date, Honey and Apricot Slices

Friday

5 October 2001

Date, Honey and Apricot Slices

Here we go again with the tray bakes, this must have been a big meeting with the ceremonial group. Now I cook for the cake sales in St. Mary's church in Glastonbury, and some day I hope for my children in Newcastle.

I wrote -

'I made these as a try out and gave them to Wendy for the boys – they were lovely so I made more to take to the meeting in Glastonbury on Sunday.'

I spent a great deal of time driving up and down the motorway in this year and found lots of different ways of getting to Avalon. The best was the motorway, because you can't get lost, even me, on two straight roads. This was before we had a satnav, now I rarely cry in the car through frustration at being lost again.

Good old Jane, the satnav lady, though she does sometimes send me up very strange roads, better her than myself.

Oven: 400F/200C/Gas 6 for 25-30 mins

Ingredients:

1 pound mixed dates and apricots

7 oz butter

10 oz wholemeal flour

4/5 oz soft brown sugar

5 oz oats

2 tbspoons water

1 tbs honey

Steam dates and apricots for 10 minutes, mash and chop up and mix with the honey.

1. Rub butter into flour and add sugar – it can be good to chop up the butter when it gets sticky.
2. Add coats and mix in lightly
3. Pack half of the oats mixture firmly down into the tin and cover with the date mixture
4. Put remaining oat mixture on top like breadcrumbs.
5. Bake and when done leave to cool, cut into slices in the tin.
   Ice if desired.