Date Bars | With a hint of bourbon filling


	Date Bars With a hint of bourbon in the filling Date bars are one of the every day Italian cookie recipes. It's something my mom would throw together when she would have that oh-crap-I-need-to-make-a-dessert-moment. We had these packed in our lunches, and really it would have been nice to wet wipes packed with them. This is NOT light little crunchy dainty lady desserts! These guys are heavy and gooey. This recipe is very forgiving in substitutions (see below) as far as the spices are concerned. We do use a lot of cloves, all spice, and let's not forget the splash of minimal bourbon! But you can omit some of the spices and bourbon or make it more American if this recipe scares you. If you have dates and need to use them up. These two other date recipes have been in my family since...forever. Date Bread Date Cookies Thanks for stopping by - Lisa Website Owner and Developer of Italian Dessert Recipes Date Bars With a hint of bourbon in the filling YIELD - Makes 16 Date Bars Ingredients: FILLING * 1-1/2 cup chopped pitted dates * 2/3 cup water * 3/4 cup sugar * 2 tablespoons lemon juice * 1 tablespoon bourbon CRUST * 1-1/2 cup all purpose flour * 1 cup brown sugar * 1-1/4 cup quick oats * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/8 teaspoon cloves * 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon * 1/8 teaspoon allspice * 3/4 cup pastured butter * 1 beaten egg to brush on crust Procedure * Preheat oven to 350°. * In a small saucepan cook dates, water, sugar, and lemon juice until thick about 8 minutes, cool. * Combine flour, brown sugar, oats, and salt. * Mix well, cutting in butter to coarse crumb stage. * Spread ½ crumb mixture in 9x9 pan. * Cover with filling. * Spread with remaining crumbs. * Brush with beaten egg. Make sure and cover the whole area. * This gives such a nice finished looked. * Cook 30-35 minutes in preheated oven. * Cool and cut in bars. Can I substitute shortening or margarine for the butter? Nope. Never. The recipe will turn into a toxic waste dump if you do. Allspice, cloves, cinnamon - do I need all of those? Nope. These are Italian dessert recipes. You can omit those spices and end up with a very nice ( but bland) American date bar. Nothing wrong with that. It just won't bean Italian dessert recipe. Bourbon, can I leave it out? Yup. Part of my families religious beliefs permit them from alcohol. So, yup. I've made almost all of the Italian dessert recipes without alcohol. You can use flavorings or skip them all together. Italian Cookie Recipes Almond Butter Cookies Amaretto Cookies Almond Cookie Recipe Anisette Cookies Apricot Bars Bourbon Ball Recipe Breakfast Cookie Recipe Brown Sugar Cookie Recipe Butterscotch Bars Cappuccino Cookies Caramel Cookie Recipe Cherry Chocolate Bars Chocolate Cookie Bars Chewy Ginger Cookies Chocolate Raisin Cookies Chocolate Macaroons Chocolate Mint Cookies Coconut Macaroon Cookies Coffee Brownies Cornflake Cookies Date Cookies Date Bars Eggnog Cookie Recipe Florentine Cookies Gingerbread Cookies Recipe Homemade Granola Recipe Italian Fig Cookies Italian Wedding Cookie Recipe Kourabiedes Lemon Cookie Recipe Lemon Shortbread Recipe Meringue Cookie Recipe Mint Brownie Recipe Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Orange Cookies Pizzelle Recipe Pumpkin Bars Ricotta Cheese Cookies Rum Ball Recipe Sesame Seed Cookies Sour Cream Cookies Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About Back to the Date Bars
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