Old-Fashioned Date Bars
Created by Sue on April 23, 2013
- Servings: 24
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 25m
- Recipe #9217
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter (or 1 cup margarine, softened)
- 2 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups dates, coarsely chopped (pitted)
- 1 cup chopped pecans
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 375°F.
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Step 2: Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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Step 3: Beat in eggs one at a time.
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Step 4: Stir in vanilla.
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Step 5: Mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; and gradually add to the creamed mixture.
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Step 6: Fold in the dates and nuts.
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Step 7: Spread the batter evenly in a greased 13x9 baking pan and bake at 375°F for 25 minutes or until golden.
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Step 8: Cool in pan.
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Step 9: Cut into approximately 24 bars.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (75 g)
- Calories 293.9
- Total Fat - 11.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.4 g
- Cholesterol - 46.4 mg
- Sodium - 119.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 45.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.3 g
- Sugars - 31.3 g
- Protein - 3.4 g
- Calcium - 33.2 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg