Fruit Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup nut meats
• 1 cup dates cut up
• 1 cup flour
• 1/8 t-spoon baking powder
• 1/8 t-spoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Beat sugar and eggs together; sift baking-powder and salt together.

2. 2

   Combine all ingredients, adding last the dates and nuts which have been dredged in flour, and pour into a large, greased pan and bake 0.5 hour.

3. 3

   It may then be frosted, or else cut in bars, and dipped in powdered sugar.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 64. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

/3 t-spoon baking powder. Cream the sugar with yolks of eggs and add whites beaten light. Add the flour in which baking powder and salt have been mixed. Stir in the dates and nuts, spread in a buttered pan and bake in a quick oven. When cold cut in squares. Mrs. Omar F. Elder, — State Chairman. CAKES, COOKIES AND ICINGS 121 DATE STICKS. 1 cup dates. 2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 2 tbls. milk. 1 cup nut meats. 1 t-spoon Royal baking pow- 1 cup flour. der. Cut dates in four (4) pieces, break up nuts and mix with dates ; add sugar then milk with yolks of the eggs — put in mixture and mix well, then the flour with the baking powder. It will seem too stiff but not so — bake in biscuit pan about V2 hour and cut sticks and roll in powdered sugar. This is very nice for picnics, afternoon teas, etc. If you like they can be cut in little squares for tea. Mrs. George Brower, — Auditor Woman's Club. FRUIT BARS. 1 cup sugar. 3 eggs. 1 cup nut meats, 1 cup dates cut up. 1 cup flour. 1 t-spoon Royal baking pow- 1/8 t-spoon salt

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