Old Fashioned Date Nut Bars

18 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • BASE
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 lb walnuts, ground
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest of
  • FILLING
  • 2 cups dates, cut fine
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • TOPPING
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine filling ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer a few minutes till thickened. Set aside and let cool.
  2. 2
    For the base, sift together dry ingredients.
  3. 3
    Cream sugar and butter. Add eggs, and dry ingredients and walnuts. Add lemon juice and zest to moisten.
  4. 4
    Spread on a cookie sheet and up the sides.
  5. 5
    Spread cooled filling over crust.
  6. 6
    Combine filling ingredients with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle on top and bake at 375 F for 35-40 minute.
  7. 7
    Original recipe calls for the bars to be baked on a cookie sheet pan. We like them thicker, so I put them in a 9 X 13 cake pan.
  8. 8
    Cool and cut unto bars.
  9. 9
    To serve sprinkle liberally with 10X sugar.

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