Name: Nutmeg Date Bars
Yield: 21 bars
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg; ¼ cup all-purpose flour; 8 ounces pitted dried dates; 1 cup pecans or walnuts; 2 large eggs, beaten; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 cup sifted confectioners’ sugar; 1 tablespoon butter, melted; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Preparation info

21
bars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

About

Ingredients

8 ounces pitted dried dates
1 cup pecans or walnuts
1

Americas
United States
Cookies
New York
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to moderate (325°F.).
Put the dates and nuts through a food grinder using the medium blade. Add the sugar, eggs and salt and mix well. Add the melted butter, lemon juice, flour and nutmeg and mix thoroughly.
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