She definitely remembered that she was in charge of rolling them in sugar. Did she remember exactly how big they were meant to be?Īnd could we just sprinkle them with sugar on top? No, no. We debated and fussed over what size to cut them. That first batch of Date Nut Bars came out of the oven gorgeously golden brown. Together, we wondered and hoped: would they be as good as she remembered? (Spoiler alert: YES!) She and Ty and I gathered around the kitchen counter – three generations of my family, laughing and reminiscing, as we squinted at that stained and yellowed recipe card that was scrawled with my mom’s faded, girlish cursive.įrom my mother’s long-ago childhood memories sprang brand-new family memories. And how, as a little girl, she would carefully roll each one in its pretty coating of powdered sugar.Įven better than just savoring the memories with her, though … we actually baked this Date Bar recipe together, too. Of how her family always used to make these Date Bars as special treats at Christmastime. Unearthing that recipe card brought back a flood of memories for my mom to share with us. It had been filed away with all the other family recipes, just waiting to be rediscovered and loved anew (like our favorite Vintage Recipe for Easy Bread, that we found waiting there in the recipe box, too). The recipe card is written out in my own mom’s childhood hand, from nearly 70 years ago, when she was just a girl. I found this Date Bar recipe (originally called “Date Sticks”) tucked away in the treasured family recipe box I inherited from my Grandma. Such classic cookies, and these always, always disappear fast! My Mother’s Childhood Recipe festively finished off with a light coating of snowy powdered sugar.and a little bit of nutty crunch from the walnuts,.with the warm caramely-sweet flavor of dates,.lightly crispy on the outside, and then so perfectly soft and chewy on the inside,.
The kind of good that gets better and better and kind of sneakily addictive, as you reach for another. (Probably because they are!) Simple homemade treats that conjure up happy, cozy feelings. These yummy little Date Bars somehow manage to do just that. The recipes that fill the entire house with delicious smells and wrap everyone who enters in a comforting, “Hurray, you’re home!” hug. Like cooking those lovingly made foods that evoke fond memories and a happy sense of home. They’re super-easy and freezable, too, so you can always keep a stash on hand! ~Įspecially around the holidays, we all want to create that welcoming, festive feeling for our families. They’re a special, old-fashioned cookie for the holidays – but honestly, we love them so much that we make them all year ’round. ~ Dating back more than half a century ago, this Date Bar recipe was a Christmastime treat on the Ohio farm where my mother grew up.
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