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Orange Date Nut Bars Recipe
Recipe Type:
Cookies,
Christmas Cookie,
Dates,
Oranges, Bar Cookies
Yields:
48 bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated
sugar
2
eggs
2 tablespoons grated
orange zest (peel)
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose
flour
1/2 teaspoon
baking powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 cups chopped dates, chopped with an oiled knife
2 cups chopped walnuts
Lemon Glaze (see recipe below)
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heavily butter a
9- x 13-inch baking pan or one of these new and interesting types of
brownie pans.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter
and sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs, orange zest, and vanilla extract.
Beat in flour and baking powder until well blended. Stir in chopped dates and
chopped walnuts. Batter will be very thick at this point.
Spread mixture onto bottom of prepared baking
dish. Bake for approximately 25 to 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
remove from oven and let cool on a
wire cooling rack.
When cool, spread Lemon Glaze
over the top. Cut either into bars or squares.
Makes about 48 bars.
Lemon Glaze:
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed
lemon juice
1 1/4 cup sifted powdered (confectioner's) sugar
To make lemon glaze, in a medium-size bowl, mix
the lemon juice and confectioner's sugar together so that it is of spreading
consistency.
Spread the glaze on the uncut cooled cookies.
