Best Ever Date Bars
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
24 bars
ingredients
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Filling
- 2 cups pitted dates
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 grated orange, zest of
- 1⁄4 cup orange juice
- 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
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Crumb Base
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Quaker Oats (I never worry about whether they're quick cooking or not! I just dump 'em in!)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
directions
- For filling, combine all filling ingredients except for nuts in medium sized saucepan.
- Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally til thickened.
- Cool.
- Stir in nuts.
- For base, sift together flour, soda and salt.
- Add oats and sugar.
- Mix well.
- Stir in butter.
- Mix til crumbly.
- Press 2/3 of mixture into greased 8" square pan.
- Spread filling evenly over flour mixture.
- Top with remaining mixture.
- Pack light.
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
- Cool completely!(Very important).
- Cut into bars.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Recipe Junkie
Canton, Ohio