Date Nut Bars
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 13x9x2 inch pan
ingredients
-
Crust
- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup Crisco
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 1⁄4 cups oatmeal
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
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Filling
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups pitted dates, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, slightly chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a saucepan, place the dates, sugar and water.
- Cook and boil together until thick.
- Allow to cool while making the crust.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together brown sugar, Crisco, baking soda, oatmeal, flour and vanilla.
- Press half of the dough into the bottom of a 13 x 9 inch pan.
- Reserve the rest for topping.
- Spread date mixture over crust; pat rest of dough mix on top of dates and bake for 20 minutes or until brown.
- When cool, cut into bar shapes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Cristin
Buckingham, 52
<p>Mom of four -- a 13 year old daughter who is starting Eighth Grade, and a 11 year old son who is going into Sixth Grade. Our youngest daughter will be six and is starting Kindergarten this year and my youngest son is 3 and starting three year old preschool. The kids are not only busy in school but we've also got Basketball, Cross Country, Softball and Football practices to contend with and dance lessons for the little one! My husband and I have been married almost 14 years! I have loved to cook ever since I was a little girl, and have fond memories of helping my Mom and Grandma while growing up. I love to read cookbooks and cooking magazines as well as cooking supply catalogs (all those neat gadgets!).</p>