Desserts: Date Nut Bars

By JoFClark

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 t baking powder
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup egg beaters or 2 eggs
• 2 T butter
• 1/2 t vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup snipped dates
• Confectioners sugar
• Reipe #2
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 t salt
• 1/2 t soda
• 1 1/2 cup quick cooking oatmeal
• Filling
• 3 cups cut up dates
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Bake for 25-30 minutes
Makes 18 bars

Cut while warm and roll in 4X sugar

Recipe # 2
Cook over low heat in saucepan, about 10 minutes or until thick
Let cool
Cream butter, shortening and sugar
Mix in remaining ingredients
Split mixture in half
Place 1/2 mixture in bottom of Pyrex dish
Add filling on top of mixture
Add remaining mixture on top of filling

Bake 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees or until light brown