Free Recipe Grandmothers Date Bars
Recipe Type: D Recipes
Recipe Preparation: bake
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 16
Ingredients for Grandmothers Date Bars Recipe
1/2 lb Dates; cut into 1/2 thick
-cubes
3/4 c Water
1 tb Honey
1 c Toasted walnut pieces
3/4 c Brown sugar
1 c Unsalted butter
2-1/2 c Rolled oats
2 c Flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 tb Milk
Grandmothers Date Bars Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a 1-quart saucepan, combine dates, the water, and honey. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer for 7 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes. Stir in walnuts. Reserve. In a large mixing bowl, crumble together brown sugar, butter, rolled oats, flour, and baking soda. In a small bowl, mix vanilla and milk, then stir into dry ingredients to form a crumbly mixture. Pat two thirds of the crumbly mixture onto the bottom of an 8-inch-square baking pan. Spread date mixture onto crumbs. Sprinkle remaining crumbly mixture on top. Bake until lightly browned (35 to 40 minutes). NOTES : Yield: 16 squares. Recipe by: