Tahini And Date Oat Bars

These are a no-bake bar held together by nothing but fruit sugar and sesame paste, which makes the technique unusually unforgiving.

Press hard, chill properly, and they behave. Skip either and they are granola.

Nothing binds these but dates and tahini, so the pressing is the recipe. A tray pressed lightly gives crumbs however long it chills.

They cut cleanly only when properly cold, and they soften again within twenty minutes at room temperature.