Chocolate Date Nut Squares

Name: Chocolate Date Nut Squares
Total time: P2H
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: dates; baking soda; water; eggs; butter; sugar; flour; salt; baking soda

Submitted by bakeforfun

I received this recipe from a friend who knows I love dates. It is an outstanding chocolate square, it is moist, keeps well and freezes nicely.

YIELD

36 servings

PREP

20 min

COOK

50 min

READY

2 hrs

Ingredients

CUP DATES
chopped

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

1 ½

CUPS WATER
boiling

LARGE EGGS

CUP BUTTER
softened

CUP SUGAR

1 ½

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON SALT

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

Directions

Put dates and first amount of soda in large bowl. Pour boiling water over and stir. Set aside.

In another bowl, beat the eggs. Stir in the butter and sugar. Beat until well blended. Stir into date mixture. Measure flour, salt and second amount of baking soda into date mixture and stir together. Scrape into greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Batter will be thin and runny. Cover with topping before baking.

Topping

½ cup brown sugar, packed ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Stir all together in bowl first, then sprinkle over the batter in pan. Bake in 350℉ (180℃). oven for 50 minutes or until it tests done with toothpick. Let cool completely on a wire rack before cutting into squares.

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