White Chocolate Date Bars

 

 

 

 

 

A few days ago my oldest niece spent the day with me and my youngest son.  It is always fun having a girl around in my house full of boys.  

She’s so helpful and generally when she’s here we cook together.  She is a little more patient with the rugrat than his older brothers are, which is fun for him.  

It is pretty funny to see what all he can talk her into.  Cousins are the best aren’t they?A while back I was doing my normal hurry up shopping in Sam’s and picked up some fruit.  

In my mind I was excited to find fresh figs, because I have never had them.  Like I said I was in a hurry.  When I got home and was putting everything away, I looked at the package and they were actually fresh Medjool dates.  

I felt pretty dumb as I stuck them in the refrigerator.  I just left the dates there, maybe pouting at my own lack of attention.  With my niece over I laid all of that aside and thought we could make something different, something she had never tried before.  

I gave her a bite of the dates as I was chopping.  I think she was skeptical at best of this sticky sweet fruit.  I told her how much I loved the bakery date bars when I was growing up.  

I’ve never had any that I liked as well.  We threw in some oats, cinnamon and white chocolate chips and the results were a moist and tender bar with such great flavors we all loved them, really loved them. Another favorite are these easy no bake Date Balls!

When she was ready to leave that evening she took some of the fresh dates and the recipe to make at home.  

I love spending time with her in the kitchen and showing her how easy cooking can be.  She calls me every once in a while to tell me about the meals she’s made for her family, sometimes using my recipes, which makes my day.

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