I am getting ready to use Cyn's divine fig cookie filling to make "date" bars.

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melissa-dallas

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I think they will be heavenly. Kudos to my mom for this idea when I was musing about what to do with my leftover filling.

DROMEDARY CLASSIC DATE BARS

1-8 ounce package Dromedary Chopped Dates

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

1 1/2 cups quick cooking oats

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup brown sugar -- firmly packed

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine -- melted

1/2 cup walnuts -- chopped

Combine dates and water in saucepan, bring to boil over medium heat, reduce to low heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. In another bowl combine oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Mix well. Stir in butter till evenly mixed. Spread 2 1/2 cups oat mixture in bottom of 9” square pan. Press gently to form crust. Top with date filling. Combine walnuts with remaining oat mixture, sprinkle over date filling, gently press down. Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares.

 
Oh, these are fabulous. I had about ten oz of the fig filling left

so I warmed it and added a little (1/3 cup?) of hot water and used it instead of the date filling. Yum!

Filling:
2 cups dried figs, hard tips discarded
1 1/2 cups dried dates, pitted
1 cup raisins
3/4 cup whole almonds, toasted and coarsely chopped
3/4 cup whole walnuts, toasted and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup brandy
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh orange zest
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon zest
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

 
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