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Date & Walnut Slice

Ingredients:Date & Walnut Slice
1½ cups Self Raising Flour
Pinch of Salt
½ cup Sugar
125g (4oz) Walnut Pieces
185g (6oz) Dates
90g (3oz) Butter or Margarine
2 Eggs
1 tbsp Sweet Sherry
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

Method:

  1. Sift flour and salt into a bowl.
  2. Stir in sugar, finely chopped walnuts and chopped dates.
  3. Add melted butter, lightly beaten egg, sherry and vanilla. Combine Well.
  4. Press mixture into greased and lined lamington tin (11 inch x 7 inch) & bake in moderate oven for 20 – 25 minutes or until it is cooked.
  5. Allow to cool in tin.
  6. When cold, ice with lemon icing and cut into fingers or squares.

Lemon Icing:
½ cup Icing Sugar
30g (1oz) Butter
2 teaspoons Grated Lemon Rind
1½ tbsp Lemon Juice

Method:

  1. Sift Icing Sugar into bowl.
  2. Stir in melted butter, and lemon and mix well.