Easy Date and Nut Bars
Delicious bars that are easy to make. They are even better with age - bake them and hide them in the fridge for a couple of days.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 1/3 cup boiling water
- 2 cups dates, pitted and chopped
- 1/2 cup copha
- 1 cup (220g) white sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (125g) plain flour
- 1/4 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:45min ›
Ready in:1hour5min
- In a small bowl, pour boiling water over dates and set aside to cool. Preheat oven to 170 degrees C. Grease a 25x25cm baking pan.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the copha and white sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the dates, including any water; mix well. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and bicarb soda; stir into the date mixture. Then stir in the nuts.
- Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared pan and bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. When cool, cut into bars and roll each bar in icing sugar.
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Reviews and Ratings
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Finally a date bar that is moist and holds together. I shared these bars with my neighbor and she loved them as much as my husband did! I did increase the cinnamon to 1/4 teaspoon. I didn't use the confectioners' sugar, once we tried them without we decided they were perfect the way they were. Great recipe! - 09 Jun 2003 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Delicious! I made a few changes just for personal preference, I reduced the dates to 1 1/4 cups, added 1/4 cup of golden raisins, and increased the walnuts to one full cup. I also used 2/3 cup of brown sugar and 1/3 cup of white sugar and added 1 tsp of vanilla. Also increased the cinnamon to 1/4 tsp and left off the powdered sugar as others suggested. Although I'm sure this would be awesome as it's originally written. I will be adding this to my recipe books. - 01 Dec 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
this is a delicious recipe. the only thing i added is a teaspoon of vanilla. once cooled in the fridge overnight, it was firmer and chewier to the bite. i love it! - 09 Oct 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)