Date Bars

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely broken walnut meats
• 3 1/2 cups pitted dates, cut into small pieces
• icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f (175°c).
• 2 butter and line with parchment a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• 3 beat butter in medium bowl.
• 4 gradually add sugar and beat until combined (mixture will appear grainy).
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 stir in milk and vanilla.
• 7 combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in small bowl.
• 8 add to butter mixture and stir until just blended.
• 9 mix dates and walnuts gently into batter.
• 10 transfer batter to pan; smooth top.
• 11 bake until top is brown and tester comes out clean (with a few moist crumbs attached), about 35 minutes.
• 12 cool 10 minutes.
• 13 run knife around edge of pan to loosen.
• 14 reverse carefully onto cookie sheet.
• 15 peel off parchment.
• 16 invert again.
• 17 cool. cut into bars.
• 18 sift icing sugar over.