Date Bars
Recipe: #1881
November 01, 2011
"One of my favorite date bar recipes, for a smooth filling cool the date mixture slightly then puree on a food processor until smooth"
Original is 24 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (88.8 g)
- Calories 244.6
- Total Fat - 10 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.6 g
- Cholesterol - 19.6 mg
- Sodium - 479.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 32.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 7.3 g
- Protein - 6.2 g
- Calcium - 44.9 mg
- Iron - 1 mg
- Vitamin C - 5.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, set oven rack to second-lowest position, then grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
Step 2
For the date filling; in a saucepan combine the chopped dates with both sugars, water, orange juice and 2 tablespoon butter; bring to a boil over medium-low heat, then simmer until the mixture is thickened pushing down with a fork or a potato masher to break up any large date pieces (the mixture should be semi-smooth and cooking time should take about 15-20 minutes) mix in vanilla then set aside.
Step 3
For the crumb/crust topping; in a large bowl combine the cake mix with oatmeal, cinnamon and brown sugar.
Step 4
In a small bowl whisk egg with melted butter and vanilla; add to the cake mix/oat mixture; using clean hands mix until crumbly and the mixture barely holds together.
Step 5
Pat two-third of the crumb mixture onto the bottom of the pan pressing down gently to cover evenly.
Step 6
Carefully spread the cooked date mixture over the crust spreading out evenly to cover.
Step 7
Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the top; using hands gently pat the mixture down (do not pat down firmly).
Step 8
Bake for 20-22 minutes (the top should be very lightly browned).
Step 9
For easier slicing cool the bars then refrigerate or semi-freeze.
Tips
No special items needed.
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