Orange Date Nut Bars

  Home  |  Recipes  |  Diet Recipes  |  Dinner Party Menus  |  Food History  |  Culinary Dictionary  |  Diet, Health & Beauty
 

Photo were shared with me by my sister, Carol Arroyo, and her website called The Baking Pan.

These cookies are a very chewy cookies and delicious cookies. Makes a great Christmas cookie.

Check out more of Linda's favorite Cookie Recipes and Secrets To Making Perfect Cookies.

Also learn How To Have A Successful Holiday Cookie Exchange or Cookie Swap.

Orange Date Nut Bars

1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup 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)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heavily butter a 9- x 13-inch baking dish or pan.

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 allow to cool. When cool, spread Lemon Glaze over the top. Cut either into bars or squares.

Makes about 48 cookies.

Lemon Glaze:
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 1/4 cup sifted powdered (confectioners) 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.