Fruit Bars (Date filling)

Ingredients:
Pastry
125g butter
50g sugar
1 egg
260g flour
2 tsp baking powder
a little milk
Filling
500g dates
60g water
juice 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp syrup
40g corn flour 

Put fruit, water, lemon juice, cornflour and syrup into saucpan and cook on a medium heat for 5min constantly stirring - add extra water if starts to stick.
Put aside to cool.
Once cool, put through food processor.

In your food processor Cream butter and sugar, Add the egg and beat well.
Gradually add flour and bring together.
Add a little milk and in 30 sec it will come together into a ball of pastry.
Divide Pastry and roll into a long shape and flaten out.
Spread filling down middle of pastry.
Fold pastry in to form 'sausage roll' shape
Brush with milk and bake in oven pre heated to 180C for 30 mins.