Old-Fashioned Date Bar Recipe

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An heirloom Date Bar recipe dating back nearly a century – and still just as delicious today!

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Ingredients

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In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt until thoroughly combined.

2.

In a second medium bowl, combine sugar and butter until butter is completely incorporated into the sugar. The mixture will be crumbly, similar to wet sand. Get Recipe

Lightly dump the dry ingredients over top of the wet ingredients and stir just until thoroughly combined. The dough will be very thick and sticky.

4.

Using a rubber scraper, spread the dough into the pan, pushing it and flattening it until it's an even thickness. Get Recipe

These freeze really well, so they're a great make-ahead recipe for keeping some cookies in the freezer, ready in a pinch.

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