Date And Pecan Slice (can Be Gluten-free)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup self-raising flour or 1 cup gluten-free blended self-raising flour
• 1/2 cup raw sugar
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup dried dates, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 125 g butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon golden syrup
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 20 g butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 grease and line and 18x28 cm slice pan with baking paper- cover base and extend up sides of the pan.
• 2 preheat oven to 160°c.
• 3 mix all slice base ingredients in a mixing bowl.
• 4 press mixture into the prepared pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until golden. remove from oven and cool in the pan.
• 5 to make the icing- sift the icing sugar into a bowl and stir in the butter and enough lemon juice to make a smooth icing.
• 6 lift the cooled slice from the pan.
• 7 spread with the lemon icing. you can decorate top with some fine zest of lemon or finely diced pecans.
• 8 cut into 24 slices to serve.