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Chocolate Date Squares

Name: Chocolate Date Squares
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups chopped dates; 1 cup hot water; 1 cup sugar; 2/3 cup shortening; 2 large eggs; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; TOPPING:; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup chopped nuts

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Total Time:Prep: 10 min. Bake: 40 min.

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Pat Walter, Pine Island, Minnesota

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Updated on Oct. 16, 2022

"My mother-in-law used to send these moist bars to my husband when he was in the Army," relates field editor Pat Walter of Pine Island, Minnesota.

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Chocolate Date Squares

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Yield:24 servings

Prep:10 min

Cook:40 min

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Ingredients

2 cups chopped dates
1 cup hot water
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup shortening
2 large eggs
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
topping:

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts

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Directions

1
In a small bowl, combine dates and water; set aside to cool (do not drain). In a large bowl, cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually added to creamed mixture. Stir in dates.

2
Pour into a greased and floured 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine the topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.