Recipe - Date-Nut Bars

1 cup Sifted allpurpose flour
One fourth teaspoon Doubleacting baking powder
1/8 teaspoon Salt
One fourth pound (One half cup) melted butter
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
16 ounce (2 cups) pitted dates;
coarsely cut
7 ounce (2 cups) walnut halves or
coarse pieces
Confectioners sugar

From: Felicia Pickering MNHAN063@SIVM.SI.EDU

Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 23:26:28 EDT
Adjust rack to center of oven. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a shallow 9 x
13inch pan with one piece of aluminum foil long enough to cover bottom and
sides. Press the foil with a pot holder or small towel to mold it into
place without tearing it. Brush the bottom and sides with very soft or
melted butter. Set aside. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set
aside. In large bowl of electric mixer beat the melted butter and sugar.
Add the eggs and beat for a minute. On lowest speed add the sifted dry
ingredients, beating only until incorporated. Mix in the dates and nuts.
Spread this thick batter as smoothly as possible in the prepared pan,
pressing it into place with the back of a large spoon. Bake 35 minutes or
until the top is a light golden brown. Remove from oven. Let cool in cake
pan on a rack for about 10 minutes. Place a cookie sheet over the top.
Invert. Remove pan and foil. Cover with another cookie sheet or a rack and
invert again to cool completely. Transfer to a cutting board. Use a ruler
and toothpicks to mark even pieces. Cut with a long, thin, very sharp or
finely serrated knife into 24 bars. Strain confectioners sugar generously
over the tops.

Note: To make this without a mixer, melt the butter in a 2 One half to 3
quart saucepan, remove from heat, and stir in the sugar. Beat the eggs and
stir them in. Then add the sifted, dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
With a heavy, wooden spoon or spatula, mix in the dates and then the nuts.

Recipe is from _Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts_.

EATL Digest 3 August 96

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