The Best Date Bars Ever Recipes

BEST DATE BARS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine dates, sugar and water. Cook, stirring frequently, until very thick. Stir in walnuts, if desired; cool. , Sift the flour, salt and baking soda together in a large bowl; add oats and brown sugar. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle water over mixture; stir lightly. Pat half into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Spread with date mixture; cover with remaining oat mixture and pat lightly. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

THE BEST DATE BARS EVER

Steps:

• Put the dates in a Food Processor, and chop too fine pieces.
• In a medium-sized saucepan add chopped dates, water, and sugar.
• Stir and cook over medium-high heat and then turn down and cook until the mixture is thickened.
• Add the vanilla extract, almond extract and finely ground almonds.
• See it's thickness in the photo below. It is very very moist.
• Spoon into a bowl and let cool down because you will be pressing this out, with your fingers, onto the bottom layer of the crust.
• Lightly grease a 9" x 13" baking pan - set aside.
• Cream the butter and brown sugar with a Hand Mixer, until light and fluffy. About 5 minutes.
• Add the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix.
• Add the oats and mix well.
• It will be a crumbly mixture but it will press together.
• Sprinkle half the dough into the prepared baking pan.
• Press down with your fingers to an even layer all across the pan bottom.
• Now take the date mixture and dab teaspoons full here and there across the bottom layer in the pan. It will be easier to spread this way.
• With your fingers - gently press out the filling for a solid layer across the complete bottom of the crust.
• Sprinkle the rest of the dough over the filling layer.
• Make sure it is even. Then press the top crust with your hand to make a solid layer. I use my fingers and the palm of my hand. It doesn't take much pressure.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes.
• Cut into squares while it is still warm.
• Cut to make 4 squares across and 6 squares down and that will be 24 bars.

GRAN'S DATE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring dates and water to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer and stir until thick, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract.
• Combine oats, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl. Add melted butter; mix until blended.
• Pour 2/3 of the oat mixture into an 8-inch square baking dish, pressing over the bottom and sides. Spread the date mixture over the oats; crumble remaining oat mixture evenly on top. Press down lightly.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 25 minutes.

BEST EVER DATE BARS

Steps:

• For filling, combine all filling ingredients except for nuts in medium sized saucepan.
• Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally til thickened.
• Cool.
• Stir in nuts.
• For base, sift together flour, soda and salt.
• Add oats and sugar.
• Mix well.
• Stir in butter.
• Mix til crumbly.
• Press 2/3 of mixture into greased 8" square pan.
• Spread filling evenly over flour mixture.
• Top with remaining mixture.
• Pack light.
• Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
• Cool completely!(Very important).
• Cut into bars.