Date-Orange Bars

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Date-Orange Bars

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Yield: 16 bars
Bake 30 mins

Ingredients

2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 8 - ounce package pitted whole dates, snipped
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
Orange Icing (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8x2-inch baking pan; set aside. In a medium mixing bowl combine eggs, orange juice, and butter. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir in dates and walnuts. Toss lightly with a fork to coat dates and nuts with the flour mixture. Stir in egg mixture until well combined.
Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool the bar cookies in the baking pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. If desired, drizzle bars with Orange Icing. Makes 16 bars.

Orange Icing

Ingredients

1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
3 - 4 teaspoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed, or orange juice

Directions

In a small bowl stir together powdered sugar and orange juice concentrate, or orange juice. Stir until a drizzling consistency.

Nutrition Facts

(Date-Orange Bars)

carb. (g) 24, pro. (g) 3, calcium (mg) 30, vit. C (mg) 4, Fat, total (g) 11, vit. A (IU) 292, sodium (mg) 168, chol. (mg) 43, cal. (kcal) 192, iron (mg) 1, fiber (g) 2

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