Date-Filled Bars
Source of Recipe
Grandmother
Recipe Introduction
I still have the original paper where my grandmother wrote down this recipe.
List of Ingredients
- 1 cup dates
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Combine dates, sugar and water in a saucepan. Cook over direct heat, stirring constantly until thick.
- Cool. Add nuts.
- Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and cloves.
- Cream shortening and brown sugar. Add egg.
- Blend in dry ingredients gradually; mix thourghly.
- Spread half of dough in well-greased 12x8"pan.
- Spread date mixture over dough in pan and cover with remaining dough.
- Bake at 375* for 10 to 12 minutes.
- Cut into bars or squares.
- Yield: 3 1/2 dozen bars
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