Date Nut Bars

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 cups chopped dates
• 2 cups chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 spray a 12 x 16 inche cookie sheet with nonstick spray. you'll need a cookie sheet with sides or a jelly roll pan. set aside.
• 3 with an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar. add vanilla and eggs. mix until well blended. on low speed, add salt, flour, dates and walnuts. mix until just blended.
• 4 spread dough in prepared cookie sheet and with spatula, spread the dough evenly.
• 5 bake for 25-30 minutes or until top is lightly browned then remove from oven.
• 6 cool in the sheet pan on a cooling rack. when cool, slice into 1 inch squares. coat squares with confectioners' sugar.