Chinese Chews (Nut and Date Bars)

Chinese chews are a bar cookie containing nuts and dried fruit. They have a chewy consistency.

45 min · serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ⅔ cup self-raising flour
• ⅓ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ½ cup chopped dates
• ½ cup seedless raisins
• ¾ cup chopped walnuts
• Icing sugar to taste

Steps

1. Beat eggs until foamy. Add sugar and mix.
2. Add flour and salt.
3. Add vanilla, then the fruit and nuts. Mix well.
4. Spread in greased 8-inch cake pan.
5. Bake for about 30–35 minutes at 350°F (175°C) until golden brown.
6. Cut into squares while still warm. Roll in icing sugar.

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Adapted from “Chinese Chews (Nut and Date Bars)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.