Date Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 sifted c. granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 c. chopped dates
1 c. broken nuts
1 scant c. bread flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Beat eggs
until light; add the sugar gradually.
Blend these ingredients until
they
are
very light.
Add dates and broken nuts.
Sift
before
measuring
1
scant
cup
of bread flour. Resift with
baking
powder
and salt.
(If spices are desired, add
cloves
and cinnamon.) Add sifted ingredients to the egg mixture
with
vanilla.
Beat
batter until it is well blended. Pour into 9 x 13-inch pan lined with buttered paper. Bake at 325\u00b0 about
25 minutes.\tCool; cut into bars.
Roll in confectioners sugar.
Makes 42 (2 1/2 x 1-inch) bars.