Sugar Free Date Bars
These bars are deliciously moist and flavourful but don't have any added sugar. A delicious combination of dates, walnuts and prunes.
Ingredients
Serves: 20
- 1/2 cup pitted dates
- 1/2 cup pitted prunes
- 1/2 cup chopped raisins
- 1 cup (250ml) water
- 125g margarine
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup (125g) plain flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:50min
- Cut dates and prunes into small pieces. Boil dates, prunes, raisins and water for 5 minutes. Add margarine. Mix and set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
- Mix the eggs, vanilla and nuts. Add to the fruit mixture. Sift the flour, bicarb soda and salt and add to the fruit mixture. (If you want a spicy bar add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to the flour.)
- Spread in 20x30cm pan and bake for 25-30 minutes.
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I've tried so many sugarless recipes but this is by far the best! Tastes so much better than those packaged "healthy" breakfast muffins/bars and it's by far better for you! I added orange juice instead of water, used butter but cut it in half, threw in some nutmeg and cinnamon, and cut the white flour with whole-wheat, ground flax seed, and wheat germ. The resulting bars were SO flavorful, moist, chewy, and possibly a little too sweet! Next time I will only replace 1/2c water with orange juice and add less dates, and I might replace most of the fat with applesauce. This is for sure worth a try if you're looking for a healthy sweet snack without the refined sugar. - 04 Mar 2006 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I have been looking for a sugarfree recipe like this. Also, may I suggest something? Some diabetics can't have flour either; Instead of using a cup of flour, grind enough nuts to make an equal amount for replacement of flour. The nuts must be ground to a dustlike substance. Thank you again. I will let you know how they came out. April - 13 May 2003 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
People who knew these were intentionally sugarless loved them. I thought they were great! Kept half of the bars wrapped for a day which brought out the moistness of the fruit and rounded out the flavors. Excellent for mailing in "care packages." - 04 Apr 2002 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)