Date Bars
Date Bars are an old fashioned chewy cookie bar filled with chopped dates and nuts. An easy and delicious treat to bake for any day of the week.
I’ve always been a huge fan of date bars and when I found a recipe my mom had clipped from an old magazine, I had to give them a try. The original recipe was for chewy date cookies but I knew they would be even better as bars.
Dates are sticky and sweet giving these bars a great chewy texture and they are rich enough to satisfy any sweet tooth.
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Ingredients for Date Bars:
- Brown Sugar
- Granulated Sugar
- Butter & Shortening
- Eggs
- All Purpose Flour
- Baking Soda & Salt
- Dates & Nuts
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How to Make Date Bars:
- Cream butter, shortening, sugar and eggs together with an electric mixer. Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
- Mix in chopped dates and nuts.
- Spray a jelly roll pan ( 10 x 15 x 1 inch) with nonstick cooking spray.
- Spread dough evenly into pan.
- Bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes and dust with powdered sugar.
- Slice into bars and serve warm or at room temperature.
- Store leftover bars in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Recipe Variations:
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Add in 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon for a warm fall dessert.
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Date Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 8 oz 1 1/2 cups cut up dates
- 1 1/4 cups chopped nuts I used walnuts and pecans
- non stick cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- In a mixer bowl, cream brown sugar, sugar, butter, shortening and eggs together.
- Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
- Mix in dates and nuts and combine.
- Spray a jelly roll (10 x 15 x 1 inch) pan with non stick cooking spray.
- Press dough evenly into pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool 10 minutes.
- Dust with powdered sugar and cut into bars.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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I am so glad you posted this recipe. If not the same, it’s very close to the recipe my late Aunt used. The treats are SO GOOD. I tried to make some many many years ago and messed up on the flour amount. I gotta make some of these. Folks, if you have never eaten these goodies, your missing out. Thanx sweetie.
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Good to hear from you Ed! I hope these bars turn out like you remember them. Date bars have always been my favorite. We used to get a really thin date bar from the local bakery when I was a kid. I have not quite figure out that recipe but these are pretty good.
~ Miliisa
I just remembered something. My aunt added Karo Syrup too.
Hi Ed,
That would make them really chewy, great addition to dessert bars.
~ Milisa