Servings: About 42 two and a half by one inch bars

1 cup sugar 1 cup sugar
3 eggs 3 eggs
2 cups chopped dates 2 cups chopped dates
1 cup broken nut meats 1 cup broken nut meats
1 scant cup bread flour 1 scant cup bread flour
1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cloves ¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional) ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon vanilla
Confectioner's sugar Confectioner's sugar

Sift: subheading: Sift:
1 cup sugar
Beat until light: 3 eggs
Add the sugar gradually. Blend these ingredients until they are very light.
Add about: subheading: Add about:
2 cups chopped dates
1 cup broken nut meats
Sift before measuring: subheading: Sift before measuring:
1 scant cup bread flour
Resift with: subheading: Resift with:
1 teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
If spices are desired add: subheading: If spices are desired add:
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
Add the sifted ingredients to the egg mixture with: subheading: Add the sifted ingredients to the egg mixture with:
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat the batter until the ingredients are well blended. Pour it into a 9 x 13 inch pan lined with buttered
paper. Bake it in a moderate oven 325° for about 25 minutes. When the cake is cool cut it into bars. Roll
them in: Confectioner's sugar

I believe this is the date bar recipe that Ila made in 1959 to take on our big vacation. I remember a large Tupperware cake tub of these dates going with up in our Oldsmobile. We ate them at least as far as Devils Tower. Mom fed some to the prairie dogs. I think I remember them getting somewhat dried out by the time we finished them.  I believe this is the date bar recipe that Ila made in 1959 to take on our big vacation. I remember a large Tupperware cake tub of these dates going with up in our Oldsmobile. We ate them at least as far as Devils Tower. Mom fed some to the prairie dogs. I think I remember them getting somewhat dried out by the time we finished them.