Little Wine Cookies / Biscottini al Vino
Easy
Mom's Date Nut Bars
No holiday visit to Mom’s was ever complete without her sending me home with a box of her famous date nut bars. Of all her confections, this was the one that everyone craved.
24 bars
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups diced dates (10 ounces)
- 1 cup toasted, chopped walnuts
- Confectioner’s sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Butter a 8-inch square pan and dust with flour or line the pan with aluminum foil and butter and flour it. Set aside.
- Sift 1/2 cup of the flour with the baking powder and salt into a bowl.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time until they are well blended, Stir in the vanilla. Combine the egg mixture with the flour mixture until well blended.
- In a small bowl toss the dates and nuts with the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons of the four. This method will prevent the dates and nuts from sinking to the bottom of the pan while baking.
- Fold the date mixture into the batter.
- Spread batter evenly in the pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown on top and firm to the touch. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
- Cut into squares and sprinkle the tops with confectioner’s sugar.
- Note:T hese can be made ahead and frozen without the confectioner’s sugar for up to 3 months.
This recipe was featured on Season 22 - Episode 2215.
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Comments
Sue G.
I was looking for a date-nut bar just like this one! No oats, just a little sugar and flour. It is so great! It is a cookie–it’s not an energy bar–and the flavor and texture are fantastic. It’s so tender. This will be the date-nut bar recipe I use from now on.
Heather G.
This is not the recipe from my childhood that I was looking for–it is better! I love the texture, and they taste fantastic. I did not sprinkle with powdered sugar because I couldn’t wait for them to cool before cutting a piece to taste. They look and taste wonderful without the sugar.
Mary Bosma
I would like to know what book you are publishing the recipe for Red Pepper Torte, Episode 2323. You do have the recipe for Red Pepper Sauce. I would like to have the published recipe and also buy the book this recipe for which this Torte is included. What is the name of the Cook Book and is it sold by Amazon?
Mary B.
Sandy
Made 1/2 the recipe in a loaf pan, worked beautifully (got 8 squares out of it) was verrrry yummmmmy! Thank you Mary Ann, this is now our new favourite square!
Judy
This reminds me of the date nut loaf that VandeCamps used to produce…I want to try this and see if taste is similar to what I remember the loaf tasting like that my Mom used to put cream cheese on each slice of bread..
Judy
This reminds me of the date nut loaf that VandeCamps used to produce…I want to try this and see if taste is similar to what I remember the loaf tasting like that my Mom used to put cream cheese on each slice of bread..
Judy
This reminds me of the date nut loaf that VandeCamps used to produce…I want to try this and see if taste is similar to what I remember the loaf tasting like that my Mom used to put cream cheese on each slice of bread..
Judy
This reminds me of the date nut loaf that VandeCamps used to produce…I want to try this and see if taste is similar to what I remember the loaf tasting like that my Mom used to put cream cheese on each slice of bread..
Judy
This reminds me of the date nut loaf that VandeCamps used to produce…I want to try this and see if taste is similar to what I remember the loaf tasting like that my Mom used to put cream cheese on each slice of bread..
Vicky Moon
Happy to find this with NO oats. Oats are too hard to digest and constipating.
Helen
These tasted just OK to me. I wish the recipe was adopted for more common 9” round or 8” square pan. I used 8” and added just slightly less dates and nuts. It was only very light golden color after 25 min and I left it for 5 more. Vanilla flavor did not come through at all. I think this would benefit from much stronger flavors like orange flower water. I also used a scant 1/2 c of sugar and it was a mistake, this needs full amount. Also these bars actually taste better after they cool.
Glenda
I love this recipe; brought back some nice memories of my Mom making these cookies years ago during Christmas time! These are wonderful, not too sweet, moist and delicious! Thank you for sharing. Happy Holidays.