Indulge in a delightful culinary journey with our exquisite Date Bars, crafted with love and a touch of nostalgia. These delightful treats are not just your ordinary date bars; they're an explosion of flavors and textures that will tantalize your taste buds. From the classic Date Bars bursting with gooey dates and a buttery oat crust to the decadent Chocolate Date Bars, where rich chocolate and chewy dates unite in perfect harmony, these recipes will satisfy any sweet craving. For those seeking a healthier alternative, the No-Bake Date Bars offer a guilt-free indulgence with their wholesome ingredients and naturally sweet dates. And for a unique twist, the Salted Caramel Date Bars combine the irresistible flavors of caramel and dates, topped with a sprinkle of sea salt for a delightful contrast. With this collection of Date Bar recipes, you'll have a delectable treat for any occasion, whether it's a family gathering, a potluck, or simply a sweet moment to yourself.
Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!
DATE BARS
Dessert ready in about an hour! Enjoy classic date filled bars in a new way - a wonderful treat.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In 2-quart saucepan, cook filling ingredients over low heat about 10 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Cool 5 minutes.
- Heat oven to 400°F. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening.
- In large bowl, stir brown sugar and butter until well mixed. Stir in flour, oats, baking soda and salt until crumbly. Press half of the crumb mixture evenly in bottom of pan. Spread with filling. Top with remaining crumb mixture; press lightly.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown. Cool 5 minutes in pan on cooling rack. Cut into 6 rows by 6 rows while warm.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 160, Carbohydrate 25 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 2 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Bar, Sodium 85 mg, Sugar 17 g, TransFat 0 g
BEST DATE BARS
Date recipes are some of my favorite desserts to cook up. These date treats are very easy to bake, and one sheet of them will yield 48 good-sized bars. I sometimes add nuts, coconut or candied fruit. -Dorothy DeLeske, Scottsdale, Arizona
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 40 bars.
Number Of Ingredients 11
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.
Nutrition Facts :
DATE-AND-WALNUT BARS
This recipe for golden, chewy, date-and-walnut-packed bars comes from the Los Angeles pastry chef Margarita Manzke, who grew up in the Philippines and now runs the sweet side of the kitchen at République. When she was in high school, Manzke came across the classic recipe for "food for the gods" in a thin pamphlet of Filipino desserts, and she made the bars again and again, learning how to produce a consistently tender, chewy batch: Don't overcream the butter, and don't use a light hand with the dates. Manzke sells fresh bars at République, but know that at home the cooled, cut bars store well in the freezer, ready to pop out and defrost at a moment's notice.
Provided by Tejal Rao
Categories cookies and bars, dessert
Time 1h
Yield About 24 bars
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 325, and line a 13-by-18-inch sheet pan with parchment paper. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until well mixed and no lumps remain. Tip about 1/2 cup of the flour mixture into a medium bowl; add the dates, and toss well to coat, breaking up the dates as you go. Set aside.
- In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter with both sugars just until smoothly incorporated, about 2 minutes on medium speed. Add the eggs in 3 batches, mixing well each time and scraping down the sides of the bowl and the paddle between additions.
- Add the flour mixture and date mixture, and mix gently on low just until incorporated. Remove the bowl from the mixer, and use a spatula to fold in the walnuts. Transfer the mixture to the parchment-lined sheet pan, and use an offset spatula to spread it in an even layer, pushing it into the edges and corners and smoothing the surface. Bake until brown and set, about 45 minutes.
- Cool completely in the pan, then remove and cut into squares. Serve right away, or store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 414, UnsaturatedFat 12 grams, Carbohydrate 48 grams, Fat 24 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 131 milligrams, Sugar 34 grams, TransFat 1 gram
NOT YOUR USUAL DATE BARS
This is my adopted recipe as of Feb. 2005. This is pretty darned good if I do say so. I changed the recipe to use 1 1/2 cups dates as suggested by the reviewer. This is more like cake than date bars. I didn't bother with the icing.
Provided by Dorel
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 55m
Yield 1 10x15 jelly roll pan, 24 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In saucepan cook dates, milk and cream cheese over medium-low heat until dates are soft and mixture is blended.
- Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, vanilla and sour cream or yogurt and mix well.
- Mix baking soda and salt with flour and add to mixture, mixing well.
- Stir in by hand, slightly cooled date mixture and nuts.
- Spread in greased 15x10 jellyroll pan.
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes until lightly browned.
- ICING:.
- Brown the butter on low heat, be careful not to burn.
- Stir into remaining ingredients, beat until smooth.
- Add small amount of milk if icing is too thick; spread over warm bars.
OLD-FASHIONED DATE BAR RECIPE
An heirloom Date Bar recipe dating back nearly a century - and still just as delicious today! • Freezable • Make Ahead • Vegetarian •
Provided by Two Healthy Kitchens LLC at www.TwoHealthyKitchens.com
Categories Desserts
Time 37m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare a 9 x 13" baking pan by spraying with cooking spray and/or lightly but thoroughly flouring the bottom (if needed - my pan doesn't need this).
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined.
- In a second medium bowl, combine sugar and butter until butter is completely incorporated into the sugar. The mixture will be crumbly, similar to wet sand. (I find it's easiest to do this with my hands, rubbing the butter into the sugar with my fingers, but you can also use an electric mixer.) Add eggs, water, and vanilla, and stir until thoroughly combined. Add the dates and walnuts and stir again to distribute evenly.
- Lightly dump the dry ingredients (flour mixture) over top of the wet ingredients (sugar mixture) and stir just until thoroughly combined. The dough will be very thick and sticky.
- Using a rubber scraper, spread the dough into the pan, pushing it and flattening it until it's an even thickness (dough will only thinly cover the entire pan).
- Bake for about 20-22 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
- Let cool completely in the pan on a cooling rack before cutting. Cut into 39 sticks that are 1 inch wide and 3 inches long.
- Place at least 1/4 cup of powdered sugar in a wide bowl. Roll each bar in the sugar to coat, tapping gently to remove any excess, loose sugar. (You should actually use only about 1 tablespoon of the sugar to thinly coat the bars, but it makes it much easier to work with them if there is plenty of extra sugar in the bowl. You can discard the excess.)
Nutrition Facts : Calories 67 calories, Carbohydrate 13 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 10 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 2 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 1 grams protein, SaturatedFat 0 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1 bar, Sodium 58 grams sodium, Sugar 9 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 1 grams unsaturated fat
DATE NUT BARS
I've had this recipe since 1938, when the girls I worked with game me a bridal shower. One of their presents was a recipe box filled with their favorites. Inside, I found this recipe, and I've used it for just about every occasion since. They're always well received.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, dates and nuts. Add the eggs, butter and vanilla; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened (batter will be very stiff). , Spread in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool bars on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar. ,
Nutrition Facts : Calories 182 calories, Fat 6g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 30mg cholesterol, Sodium 63mg sodium, Carbohydrate 30g carbohydrate (21g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
DATE BARS
I used to be the cafeteria manager at a grade school and these bars were always a hit.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 3-4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a saucepan, combine dates, sugar and water. Cook, stirring frequently, until thick. Stir in nuts if desired. , Meanwhile, in a bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Add oats and brown sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add water and mix lightly. Press half into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Spread date mixture on top. Cover with remaining oat mixture; pat lightly. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until lightly browned.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 113 calories, Fat 3g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 7mg cholesterol, Sodium 112mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
CLASSIC DATE BARS
Provided by Susan Richardson
Categories Fruit Dessert Bake Back to School Date Oat Vanilla Fall Winter Edible Gift Cinnamon Bon Appétit Minnesota Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 8x8-inch metal baking pan. Bring 1 1/2 cups water to simmer in medium saucepan. Add dates; simmer until very soft and thick, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Stir in vanilla.
- Combine flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in large bowl; stir to blend. Add butter. Using fingertips, rub in until moist clumps form. Press half of oat mixture evenly over bottom of prepared pan. Spread date mixture over. Sprinkle with remaining oat mixture; press gently to adhere. Bake until brown at edges and golden brown and set in center, about 40 minutes. Cool completely in pan on rack. Cut into bars and serve.
Tips:
- Use a food processor to quickly and easily chop the dates. This will save you time and effort, and ensure that the dates are evenly chopped.
- If you don't have a food processor, you can chop the dates by hand. Just be sure to chop them very finely, so that they blend well with the other ingredients.
- Use a high-quality cocoa powder for the best flavor. This will make a big difference in the overall taste of the bars.
- Don't overcook the bars. They should be slightly gooey in the center, but not too soft. If you overcook them, they will be dry and crumbly.
- Let the bars cool completely before cutting them. This will help them to hold together better.
Conclusion:
These date bars are a delicious and healthy snack that are perfect for any occasion. They are easy to make, and they can be customized to your liking. Whether you like them chewy, gooey, or crunchy, these bars are sure to please. So next time you're looking for a sweet treat, give these date bars a try!
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