Date Bars

Name: Date Bars
Yield: Yield one 9- by 13-inch pan
Ingredients: ⅓ cup water; 6 large eggs; 3 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed; 3 ounces (¾ stick) soft sweet butter; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; 4 ounces pecans, toasted and coarsely chopped; Powdered sugar for dusting; 3¼ cups fresh dates, pitted; 3 cups flour; ¼ teaspoon salt; 4½ teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preparation info

Yield
one
9- by 13 inch pan

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

Be sure to use fresh dates for these moist, juicy bars, as the dates’ sweetness and flavor are what make these so good.

Ingredients

3¼ cups fresh dates, pitted
3 cups flour
3 ounces

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.

Butter a 9- by 13-inch pan.

Put the dates and the flour in a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process using on-off pulses, until the