How to make delicious 'Dates Bar'

The delicious date item is very tasty,

Ingredients :

Filling:

  2 1/2 cups (425 g) Medjool dates, pitted and chopped (lightly packed), v    1 cup (250 ml) water,   2 tbsp (30 ml) lemon juice,  2 tbsp brown sugar, 1/2 tsp baking soda.

Crisp:

# 1 3/4 cups (175 g) quick-cooking oats

#    1 cup (150 g) unbleached all-purpose flour

#    3/4 cup (160 g) brown sugar

#   1/4 tsp baking powder

#    3/4 cup (170 g) semi-salted butter, softened

Method:

With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C). Line a 20-cm (8-inch) square baking dish with a strip of parchment paper, letting it hang over both sides. Butter the other two sides.