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Chinese Chews (Nut and Date Bars)

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

Total 00:45
Yield 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

Instructions

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

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chinese_Chews_(Nut_and_Date_Bars)