Old-Fashioned Date Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
2 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
3 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3 cups pitted dates, coarsely chopped
1 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Stir in vanilla.
Mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; and gradually add to the creamed mixture.
Fold in the dates and nuts.
Spread the batter evenly in a greased 13x9 baking pan and bake at 375\u00b0F for 25 minutes or until golden.
Cool in pan.
Cut into approximately 24 bars.