Old-Fashioned Date Bars

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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
24 bars
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Beat in eggs one at a time.
  • Stir in vanilla.
  • Mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; and gradually add to the creamed mixture.
  • Fold in the dates and nuts.
  • Spread the batter evenly in a greased 13x9 baking pan and bake at 375°F for 25 minutes or until golden.
  • Cool in pan.
  • Cut into approximately 24 bars.

Questions & Replies

  1. Do you have to refrigerate the bars?
     
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Reviews

  1. I'm surprised no one else has made these delicious bars before! I made them yesterday and what an absolute hit they were with everyone! I followed the recipe exactly as given...the only deviation that I did do was to substitute pecans with walnuts (because I did not have pecans). The date bars were amazing! I will definitely be making them again and again. In Hindi, 'bar-bar', means 'again and again'. Well this is what my family calls your date bars....'date bar-bar'! Needless to say, I will be making them bar-bar!! A definite keeper and deserves a big 5 star rating by any standards. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
     
  2. This is bliss! How can you go wrong with a boatload of butter and brown sugar?!? As a nod toward "health" (excuse me a moment: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah) I used half whole wheat flour. These would be delectable with any additive, not just dates and pecans. Oooooo...now I wish I would have stirred in grated orange rind, too! Enjoy any and all who dare! Thanks Sue!!!
     
  3. Good, but would be better with some oatmeal in them, the way old fashioned date bars are.
     
  4. These are good. They have the consistency and sweetness of pecan pie when warm. I almost put them back in the oven but then with all those dates, I figured they were supposed to be that gooey. I am going to keep these in the fridge and I bet they will be nice and wonderfully chewy chilled!!! Thanks for posting! UPDATE: After I chilled these things, they went from pecan pie gooey to cakey gooey. Chilling these bars is the way to go!!! Really great date bars, you must let them cool completely and especially if you keep them in the fridge!!! Yummmmm!!!!
     
  5. I have very fond childhood memories of my mom's holiday date bars. Sadly my mom has passed and the recipe lost. I am so happy to have found this recipe! With a couple of very minor tweaks, I've found her recipe again - thank you!!! I added those under "tweaks", check them out, so good!
     
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Tweaks

  1. I love them with a tsp of added salt, cut into small-ish rectangular bars, and gently rolled in powdered sugar. Exactly how my mom used to make them.
     
  2. I'm surprised no one else has made these delicious bars before! I made them yesterday and what an absolute hit they were with everyone! I followed the recipe exactly as given...the only deviation that I did do was to substitute pecans with walnuts (because I did not have pecans). The date bars were amazing! I will definitely be making them again and again. In Hindi, 'bar-bar', means 'again and again'. Well this is what my family calls your date bars....'date bar-bar'! Needless to say, I will be making them bar-bar!! A definite keeper and deserves a big 5 star rating by any standards. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
     

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