Date-Nut Bars
Source of Recipe
Trish - Family Fare
List of Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon hot water
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chopped nuts
1 pound chopped pitted dates
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat butter, sugar and 1 egg until blended well. Beat in other egg; add hot water and vanilla;
beat well.
Sift flour and baking powder together. Add 3/4 flour mixture to butter, egg and sugar mixture. Add
balance of flour to dates. Coat well.
Stir dates and nuts into mixture. Continue beating until blended well.
Spread into well-greased 7-by-11-inch baking pan. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
Cool slightly; cut into squares. Dust with powdered sugar.