The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes. Grandma made
date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.

Date Nut Bars

1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans

Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Sift other dry
ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside. Add eggs to
butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy. Add vanilla. Gradually
blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition. Fold in
dates and nuts. Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass baking
pan*. Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly touched.
When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar (optional).
Cut into bars. Store tightly covered.

*no pan size is specified in the recipe. Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
baking dish.

Jill

On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.Â* Grandma made
> date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>
> Date Nut Bars
>
> 1 c. flour
> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
> 1/2 tsp. salt
> 1/2 c. butter
> 1 c. white sugar
> 2 eggs
> 1 tsp. vanilla
> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>
> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.Â* Sift other dry
> ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.Â* Add eggs to
> butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.Â* Add vanilla.Â* Gradually
> blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.Â* Fold in
> dates and nuts.Â* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass baking
> pan*.Â* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly touched. When
> cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar (optional). Â*Cut
> into bars.Â* Store tightly covered.
>
> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.Â* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
> baking dish.
>
> Jill
Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
cakes etc.

On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.Â* Grandma
>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>
>> Date Nut Bars
>>
>> 1 c. flour
>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>> 1/2 c. butter
>> 1 c. white sugar
>> 2 eggs
>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>
>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.Â* Sift other
>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.Â* Add eggs
>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.Â* Add vanilla.
>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>> Fold in dates and nuts.Â* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>> baking pan*.Â* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>> (optional). Â*Cut into bars.Â* Store tightly covered.
>>
>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.Â* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>> baking dish.
>>
>> Jill
> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
> cakes etc.

No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
somewhat food related.

Jill

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.* Grandma
>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>>
>>> Date Nut Bars
>>>
>>> 1 c. flour
>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>> 1 c. white sugar
>>> 2 eggs
>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>>
>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.* Sift other
>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.* Add eggs
>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.* Add vanilla.
>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>>> Fold in dates and nuts.* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>>> baking pan*.* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>>> (optional). *Cut into bars.* Store tightly covered.
>>>
>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>>> baking dish.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>> cakes etc.
>
> No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
> somewhat food related.
>
> Jill
3rd food-ralated post in this thread:
If I were to follow your recipe, I would substitute figs for the dates.
However, that would be unlikely since I like dried figs so much that I
would eat them all before I could assemble the other ingredients:-)

On 12/10/2020 10:27 PM, Graham wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.Â* Grandma
>>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>>>
>>>> Date Nut Bars
>>>>
>>>> 1 c. flour
>>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>>> 1 c. white sugar
>>>> 2 eggs
>>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>>>
>>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.Â* Sift other
>>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.Â* Add eggs
>>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.Â* Add vanilla.
>>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>>>> Fold in dates and nuts.Â* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>>>> baking pan*.Â* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>>>> (optional). Â*Cut into bars.Â* Store tightly covered.
>>>>
>>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.Â* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>>>> baking dish.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>>> cakes etc.
>>
>> No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
>> somewhat food related.
>>
>> Jill
> 3rd food-ralated post in this thread:
> If I were to follow your recipe, I would substitute figs for the dates.
> However, that would be unlikely since I like dried figs so much that I
> would eat them all before I could assemble the other ingredients:-)
>
Oooh! I like figs, too. Good idea.

Jill

On Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 10:06:42 PM UTC-6, wrote:
> On 12/10/2020 10:27 PM, Graham wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
> >>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> >>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes. Grandma
> >>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
> >>>>
> >>>> Date Nut Bars
> >>>>
> >>>> 1 c. flour
> >>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
> >>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
> >>>> 1/2 c. butter
> >>>> 1 c. white sugar
> >>>> 2 eggs
> >>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
> >>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
> >>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
> >>>>
> >>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Sift other
> >>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside. Add eggs
> >>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy. Add vanilla.
> >>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
> >>>> Fold in dates and nuts. Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
> >>>> baking pan*. Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
> >>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
> >>>> (optional). Cut into bars. Store tightly covered.
> >>>>
> >>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe. Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
> >>>> baking dish.
> >>>>
> >>>> Jill
> >>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
> >>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
> >>> cakes etc.
> >>
> >> No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
> >> somewhat food related.
> >>
> >> Jill
> > 3rd food-ralated post in this thread:
> > If I were to follow your recipe, I would substitute figs for the dates.
> > However, that would be unlikely since I like dried figs so much that I
> > would eat them all before I could assemble the other ingredients:-)
> >
> Oooh! I like figs, too. Good idea.
>
https://www.amazon.com/This-Date-Its.../dp/1698510330
>
> Jill

--Bryan

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:06:34 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 12/10/2020 10:27 PM, Graham wrote:
>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
>>>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.* Grandma
>>>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>>>>
>>>>> Date Nut Bars
>>>>>
>>>>> 1 c. flour
>>>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>>>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>>>> 1 c. white sugar
>>>>> 2 eggs
>>>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>>>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>>>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>>>>
>>>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.* Sift other
>>>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.* Add eggs
>>>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.* Add vanilla.
>>>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>>>>> Fold in dates and nuts.* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>>>>> baking pan*.* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>>>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>>>>> (optional). *Cut into bars.* Store tightly covered.
>>>>>
>>>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>>>>> baking dish.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>>>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>>>> cakes etc.
>>>
>>> No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
>>> somewhat food related.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> 3rd food-ralated post in this thread:
>> If I were to follow your recipe, I would substitute figs for the dates.
>> However, that would be unlikely since I like dried figs so much that I
>> would eat them all before I could assemble the other ingredients:-)
>>
>Oooh! I like figs, too. Good idea.
>
>Jill

I suggest you heed the warning I gave Graham, portion your dried fig
serving to no more than three, and be well stocked with TP. hehe

I used to buy dried string figs, those imported from the middle east.
One evening I was watching TV in bed and all of a sudden I saw
something moving, that cellophane package of string figs was alive
with little worms and they were escaping... needless to say I haven't
bought imported string figs in some 40 years.

The best figs I've ever eaten were picked fresh from an old Italian
guy's tree in Brooklyn.

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:27:12 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.* Grandma
>>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>>>
>>>> Date Nut Bars
>>>>
>>>> 1 c. flour
>>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>>> 1 c. white sugar
>>>> 2 eggs
>>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>>>
>>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.* Sift other
>>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.* Add eggs
>>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.* Add vanilla.
>>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>>>> Fold in dates and nuts.* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>>>> baking pan*.* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>>>> (optional). *Cut into bars.* Store tightly covered.
>>>>
>>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>>>> baking dish.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>>> cakes etc.
>>
>> No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
>> somewhat food related.
>>
>> Jill
>3rd food-ralated post in this thread:
>If I were to follow your recipe, I would substitute figs for the dates.
>However, that would be unlikely since I like dried figs so much that I
>would eat them all before I could assemble the other ingredients:-)

We buy organic dried dates and figs at BJs in 40 ounce resealable
bags. I suggest not eating too many unless you plan on staying home
for a weekend, especially the figs or you'll spend all day and night
on the toilet, all those seeds will go through you at warp speed. LOL

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.* Grandma
>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>>
>>> Date Nut Bars
>>>
>>> 1 c. flour
>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>> 1 c. white sugar
>>> 2 eggs
>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>>
>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.* Sift other
>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.* Add eggs
>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.* Add vanilla.
>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>>> Fold in dates and nuts.* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>>> baking pan*.* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>>> (optional). *Cut into bars.* Store tightly covered.
>>>
>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>>> baking dish.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>> cakes etc.
>
>No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
>somewhat food related.
>
>Jill

We like dried dates, we always have a large bagful in the pantry,
right next to the dried figs. Oh, if anyone buys pitted dates be
forwarned that sometimes there's a pit, can make for a large dental
bill.
My mom would bake date nut loaves in metal coffee cans... after baking
we'd need to remove the bottom with a can opener and use the bottom to
push out how much of the loaf to slice off. She'd use chopped walnuts
with the chopped dates... slices were very good spread with
creamcheese.
I don't have her recipe but your mom's recipe for bars would likely
work. Mom used the plastic coffee can lids to cover both ends and
keep it in the fridge, there were five of us so one loaf didn't last
long. We would lightly toast slices.

On 12/11/2020 11:26 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:19:18 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/10/2020 10:12 PM, Graham wrote:
>>> On 2020-12-10 5:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes.Â* Grandma
>>>> made date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.
>>>>
>>>> Date Nut Bars
>>>>
>>>> 1 c. flour
>>>> 1/2 tsp. baking powder
>>>> 1/2 tsp. salt
>>>> 1/2 c. butter
>>>> 1 c. white sugar
>>>> 2 eggs
>>>> 1 tsp. vanilla
>>>> 11 oz. pkg dates, finely chopped
>>>> 1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
>>>>
>>>> Cream together butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.Â* Sift other
>>>> dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and set aside.Â* Add eggs
>>>> to butter/sugar mixture and beat until fluffy.Â* Add vanilla.
>>>> Gradually blend in dry ingredients, beating well after each addition.
>>>> Fold in dates and nuts.Â* Spread evenly in a buttered rectangular glass
>>>> baking pan*.Â* Bake at 375F for 30 minutes until firm when lightly
>>>> touched. When cool sprinkle lightly with confectioners/powdered sugar
>>>> (optional). Â*Cut into bars.Â* Store tightly covered.
>>>>
>>>> *no pan size is specified in the recipe.Â* Mom used an 11X7X2 pyrex
>>>> baking dish.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>>> cakes etc.
>>
>> No need for you to make this recipe, then. Just trying to keep things
>> somewhat food related.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We like dried dates, we always have a large bagful in the pantry,
> right next to the dried figs. Oh, if anyone buys pitted dates be
> forwarned that sometimes there's a pit, can make for a large dental
> bill.
> My mom would bake date nut loaves in metal coffee cans... after baking
> we'd need to remove the bottom with a can opener and use the bottom to
> push out how much of the loaf to slice off. She'd use chopped walnuts
> with the chopped dates... slices were very good spread with
> creamcheese.
> I don't have her recipe but your mom's recipe for bars would likely
> work. Mom used the plastic coffee can lids to cover both ends and
> keep it in the fridge, there were five of us so one loaf didn't last
> long. We would lightly toast slices.
>
Oh, I've got Mom's recipe for date nut bread, too. She didn't bake it
in coffee cans, though, just regular loaf pans.

Jill

On 11/12/2020 03:12, Graham wrote:

> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
> cakes etc.

I'm the opposite - I love them in baked goods, but can't stand them by
themselves.

On Friday, December 11, 2020 at 2:42:31 AM UTC-6, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 11/12/2020 03:12, Graham wrote:
>
> > Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
> > boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
> > cakes etc.
> I'm the opposite - I love them in baked goods, but can't stand them by
> themselves.

The next time a streetwalker approaches you and asks, "Honey, need a
date?" you could reply, "I only like them in fruitcakes."

--Bryan

On 12/11/2020 3:42 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 11/12/2020 03:12, Graham wrote:
>
>> Strange but although I really like those dates in those round-ended
>> boxes that one finds at this time of the year, I can't stand them in
>> cakes etc.
>
> I'm the opposite - I love them in baked goods, but can't stand them by
> themselves.

I like dates eaten along with an equal amount of salted dry roasted
peanuts. Just plain dates, no cooking.

jmcquown wrote:
> The use of dates seems to be a theme in my family recipes. Grandma made
> date-nut candy, Mom made date-nut bars.

we're making some date nut bread tomorrow.

to me dates are mostly brown sugar flavored, the fiber
is nice, some other notes for sure, but primarily brown
sugar...

yum.

enjoy!


songbird