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Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 35 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 30 |
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A chocolate date bar. My childhood memories of holidays included these bars from my mother's friend Bernie. Wonderfully rich. Ingredients:
1 1/3 cups chopped dates |
2 1/2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate |
2/3 cup water |
1 1/3 cups white sugar |
1/4 cup butter |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar |
3/4 cup butter |
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats |
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1 cup chopped walnuts |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x10-inch baking pan.
2. Cook and stir dates, chocolate, water, white sugar, and 1/4 cup butter in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat until melted and thickened, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract. Set aside to cool.
3. Beat brown sugar and 3/4 cup butter together in a bowl until creamy. Add oats, flour, walnuts, baking soda, and salt; stir until texture is crumbly.
4. Press half the oat mixture into bottom of the prepared pan. Evenly spread chocolate-date mixture over oat mixture layer; crumble remaining oat mixture over chocolate-date layer.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until topping is lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Cut into 30 small squares.
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