{"id":2481,"date":"2012-08-16T01:37:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T01:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2012-08-16T21:31:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T21:31:30","slug":"date-nut-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2012\/08\/16\/date-nut-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Date Nut Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div style=\"width: 493px;\" data-width=\"493\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 96.551724137931% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2493 lazyload\" title=\"date nut bars by la casa de sweets\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"476\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/date-nut-bars_blog.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/date-nut-bars_blog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/date-nut-bars_blog-300x290.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These Date Nut Bars are for all of you looking for something that isn\u2019t overly sweet, and a bit on the fruity\/nutty side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Date Nut Bars consist of two yummy layers: a not-too-sweet date and walnut layer sandwiched between\u00a0two light, buttery layers of oats and brown sugar. The date layer is made with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to give it a nice warm flavor with just the right amount of spice, which goes really well with the sweet crumb layers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\u2019t know why, but I feel pretty healthy when I\u2019m eating these, too. \u00a0Must be the dates and nuts and no chocolate\u2026<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff9999;\">Date Nut Bars<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff9999;\">Makes about 2 dozen bars\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 cups dates, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups water<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of ground cloves<\/li>\n<li>1 cup walnuts, roughly chopped*<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 cup brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1-3\/4 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups quick oats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a small saucepan over medium low heat, combine the dates, sugar, water, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.<\/li>\n<li>Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, about 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Once thickened, remove from the heat, and stir in the walnuts. \u00a0Let cool while you prepare the cookie base.<\/li>\n<li>Preheat the oven to 400 degrees, and lightly grease a 9\u00d713 pan.<\/li>\n<li>In the bowl of your mixer, beat together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>On low, add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and oats, and mix until combined.<\/li>\n<li>Press half of the oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the date nut filling over the oat layer, then top with the remaining oat mixture, pressing down slightly with your fingers.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until golden brown and bubbly.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool completely before enjoying!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>*I used walnuts for the date layer, but feel free to substitute pecans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Adapted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/date-pecan-bars-recipe\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Food Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden and delicious bars chock-full of walnuts and dates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111,49,56],"tags":[413,414,416,415],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions\/2483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}