Whole Wheat Date Bars

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1/2 cup walnut pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons whole wheat flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 add dates, nuts, and vanilla.
• 3 combine flour and baking powder and stir into date mixture until evenly blended.
• 4 pour into a well oiled 8 or 9 inch square pan. bake for 20 to 25 minutes until lightly browned on top. cool in the pan. cut into squares or bars to serve. makes 16 (2-inch) squares, or 32 bars, 2 x 1 inches.
• 5 note: to double, use 3 eggs, double remaining ingredients, and bake in a 9 x 13 inch pan.
• 6 to cut sticky dried dates, dip scissors or knife in flour first.
• 7 nikki & david goldbeck’s american wholefoods cuisine.