Orange Date Bars

Ingredients

• Yi cup butter
• 1 cup pecans or black walnuts
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoonful baking powder
• 1 cup flour
• V-i cup finely chopped candied orange peel
• 1 package dates
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Beat in eggs one at a time.

3. 3

   Stir in flour and baking powder.

4. 4

   Add nuts, dates, orange peel, and vanilla.

5. 5

   Bake in shallow pan at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

6. 6

   When cool roll in powdered sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup flour 1 eup sugar 1 teaspoonful baking powder 2 cups sliced pitted dates V'l teaspoonful salt V2 CUP broken nutmeats 2 eggs 1 tablespoonful hot water 1 tbsp. melted butter Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat eggs until light, gradually adding sugar, then pour in butter and add dates and nuts. Finally work in sifted mixture. Pour in buttered pan. Bake in slow oven. Cut in strips. Roll in powdered sugar. Mrs. Hugh Mauldin BANANA CUP-CAKES V2 CUP shortening 1 teaspoon baking powder IV2 cup sugar % teaspoon soda 2 beaten eggs V2 euP sour milk 2 cups flour 1 cup mashed, sieved bananas V2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar; add eggs and beat well. Add sifted ingredients alternately with sour milk, banana and va- nilla. Fill cupcake pans half full. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 20 minutes. This makes about 2x/2 dozen. Mrs. Joe Shulenherger OLD FASHIONED COOKIES \'-> cup shortening 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sugar \x/i cup flour Pinch of nutmeg y2 teaspoon soda 1 egg well beaten V2 teaspoon salt Drop by spoonsful on greased cookie sheet or roll and cut. Cook 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Mrs. foe L. Wright 44 CRISP FRUIT OR NUT COOKIES y2 cup Crisco or other good 1 cup flour shortening 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup brown sugar Vi tsp. soda 1 ego- V-i tsp. salt Cream shortening and sugar, add unbeaten egg, cream good. Flour, salt and sugar sifted together and added, then add V> cup dry mince meat cut fine or l/o cup nuts. Drop with teaspoon on greased baking sheet about 12 to a baking sheet and bake at 375 for about 12 or 15 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes before taking off baking sheet. Mrs. Will Eagle BROWNIES 2 squares of chocolate 2 eggs Y2 cup butter 2/3 cup nuts 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla y/2 cup flour Melt chocolate and butter and let cool. Beat eggs — add sugar, flour, nuts, and vanilla — then chocolate mixture. Bake in a slow oven from 30 to 40 minutes. Mrs. Joe L. Wright BROWNIES Beat two eggs, (whites and yellows) Add one cup of sugar Add one cup of flour Melt 2 squares of Baker's Chocolate in x/o cup of Nucoa or Crisco Add one small can of cocoanut (without the milk) Add one cup chopped pecans Bake in a well-greased pan in slow oven 20 to 25 minutes. Cut in squares while hot. Mrs. H. E. Eagan CHOCOLATE BROWNIES 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted 34 teaspoon Calumet baking powder 94 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup Jewel Oil or melted shortening 2 squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1 teaspoon vanilla Vz cup of coarsely chopped nuts Sift together flour, baking powder, salt. Beat eggs well, add sugar gradually. Mix in Jewel Oil or melted shortening, chocolate, vanilla. Add flour all at once. Mix well. Stir in nuts. Turn bat- ter into 7x11 inch pan greased well with Jewel Oil. Bake in moder- ate oven (350 F.) about 20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before turn- ing out of pan. Cut into squares. Makes 15. Hazel L. Rosemond , 45 ORANGE DATE BARS Yi cup butter 1 cup pecans or black walnuts 3 eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoonful baking powder 1 cup Hour V-i cup finely chopped candied 1 teaspoonful vanilla orange peel 1 package dates

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