Chocolate Date Nut Bars

by Phyllis Webb, Board President

ingredients

1 cup Dates, chopped

1 and 3/4 tsp Baking Soda

11/2 cups boiling Water

2 Eggs

1/2 cup Butter

1 cup sugar

11/2 cup Gluten Free 1-to-1 Flour

3/4 tsp Salt

TOPPING:

1/2 cup Brown Sugar, packed

1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped

1 cup semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

directions

Put the dates and 1 tsp baking soda in a large bowl. Pour boiling water over and stir. Set aside.

In another bowl, beat the eggs and stir in the butter and sugar. Beat until well blended.

Stir into date mixture. Mix flour, salt and baking soda into date mixture and stir together.

Grease a 9x13” pan and add the mixture. The batter should be thin and runny.

In a separate bowl, mix together all topping ingredients. Sprinkle over the batter in the pan.

Bake in 350°F oven for 60 minutes or until a toothpick poked in the middle comes out clean.

Let cool and cut into pieces.