Dates and nuts, the star ingredients in Delightful Date Nut Bars, are both delicious superfoods containing essential nutrients. These plant-based bars are nutritionally dense. The dates and nuts together provide the natural sweetness and protein that makes these bars sinfully delicious and healthy. Because they are so dense and nutrient packed, one 1″ x 2″ bar will go a long way to filling you up. They also providing long-lasting energy to get you through the morning.
Ingredients
- 3 cups chopped dates
- 2 cups lemonade or fruit juice (water with a splash of lemon can also be used)
- ½ cup sugar (optional, depending on sweetness level desired and type of juice used)
- Dash salt
- 1 cup nuts (any kind, walnuts and chopped almonds work well)
- 2 cups flour (regular or half whole wheat)
- 2 cups oatmeal (regular or quick cooking, not steel-cut oats)
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup butter
Instructions
- Cook dates, lemonade, sugar and salt over high heat to boil, reduce heat, simmer 5 minutes or until thick. Stir in nuts.
- Grease and flour 9 x 13 pan. Mix together flour, oats and brown sugar, cut in butter.
- Pat 2/3 of oat mixture into bottom of pan. Spread date mixture over layer of oat mixture. Sprinkle rest of oat mixture over dates.
- Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Let sit in pan for 5-10 minutes before cutting. Store in air tight container in refrigerator.
- This recipe makes a lot of bars, you might want to freeze half for later use. The best way to freeze them, and to prevent freezer burn, is to wrap tightly in plastic wrap first them wrap in a layer of foil.
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