Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2009

These are excellent! Just like my grandmother used to make. I didn't change a thing and will use this recipe as my only date bar recipe :)

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Heather B

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Reviewed: May 8, 2009

It was all pretty good, but I did have to add extra butter to make it stick together better. Also the portions are off, next time I would at least double the date filling part.

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karataronno

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Living In: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009

To me, this recipe is way to sweet with all the brown sugar. The crust portion was good. I couldn't get all this into a 9" square pan. I used a 9 x 13" pan and it was plenty full even with the mess made transferring it, the bars over an inch high. There are better recipes for these bars and I won't be making it again.

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KathieMT

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Home Town: Great Falls, Montana, USA

Living In: Ulm, Montana, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2008

This recipe seems to have a lot of issues going on as I noticed by the reviews. But I just halved the recipe to use up some dates and it went fairly well. Next time I would use more dates in order to make more filling, and probably would of followed more of the review suggestions in order to made the topping/crust more cohesive. All-in-all it was yummy, though crumbly as other people have noticed.

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KEI8HT

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Living In: Midland, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2007

Very good flavor, although, next time I will cut the topping in half, there was just too much in comparison to the date filling, I don't think there is enough date filling to stretch this to a 9x13 pan.

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Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2007

Imade it in a 9x13 pan and it was delicious. It only gets 4 because half of the topping didn't stick and ended up as an oatmeal mess in the pan.

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MandaSquared

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Home Town: North Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: May 14, 2007

I've made these twice, with the recommendations posted by Shooga. The second time I didn't have orange juice, and I have to say I like the filling much better with the oj/lemon juice added--it has more flavor. I used quick oats with good effect. And if you forget to press the top crumb layer into the filling, you can do it halfway through cooking.

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Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2007

Really good flavor. But should have read the reviews first. I followed the directions and ended up not with date bars but with date crumble. Really floury and crumbly and still not totally done even though I baked it 33 minutes instead of the recommended 20-25. And WAAAAY too much recipe for a 9x9!! But mine will still be really good served with vanilla ice cream.

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Cottonista

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Home Town: Middlebury, Indiana, USA

Living In: Atmore, Alabama, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2007

My husband is from Canada where date bars are a staple, and he loved this. I cut the flour to 1 1/2 cups, used butter vs. shortening, and used a 9x13 pan. Excellent!

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2006

the recipe should call out for quick cooked oats not rolled oats. To much flour, and to much oats, made to much for the recipe.

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2006

There's nothing crunchy about the oatmeal layers on this cookie. It's doughy and floury and yucky. I measured both the flour and oatmeal in scant measurements and added about 2 tbsp extra butter because of previous reviews. But it came out dry and very crumbly anyway. Not good. Not good at all.

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2006

I have been using this recipe for a couple of years now. It is so darn delicious. I have over time though, adjusted the amounts of some of the ingredients. I double the date filling and I use about an extra 1/2 cup of shortening for the oats so that it's not as dry. It's so much like date crisp. Excellent with traditional vanilla ice cream.

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Rachanee

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Home Town: Bolingbrook, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 16, 2006

I used the modified recipe posted by SHOOGA and it was undoubtedly the best bar cookie recipe ever = I used DOLE orange/strawberry/banana juice instead of regular orange juice and added cinnamon to the cookie base. I also plan to experiment w/using some different "rehydrated" dried fruits in place of half the dates, also different juice blends.

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Karen4eyez

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Home Town: Colleyville, Texas, USA

Living In: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2005

I was trying desperately to get rid of some leftover dates from a fruit basket, and this recipe worked nicely! The crust mixture was rather crumbly, but the crumbles tasted so good that I used them as a pudding topping. I don't think it would hold up well for cookie baskets and such, though. The only alteration I made was to use butter-flavored shortening. I will definitely make this tasty recipe again!

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Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2005

I was really disappointed with this recipe. They didn't really seem cooked even though I left them in way longer than directed. I guess I thought cooking them would reduce the crumbling and somehow bind it all together, but the oatmeal crust was VERY crumbley. I would say you could half the amt of the mixter used to make the crust. Even so, I don't think they would have turned out well.

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Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2005

I tried a very similar recipe from another Website, and was so disappointed with the results .... I found this recipe, read the reviews, and followed Shooga's suggestions for adjusting ingredients and pan size. My husband wanted date-nut bars, so I also cut back a little on the oats and added some finely chopped walnuts. The family really enjoyed the adjusted recipe at Christmas. The bars are a bit sweet for my taste; I might use less sugar in the filling next time. Thank you, Shooga, for some really good advice.

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2004

I used less flour and oats but I still didn't achieve the consistency I was looking for. Still a good recipe and satisfied my date square craving.

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ADASTRA1

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Home Town: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Living In: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2004

Very good recipe. I did read the reviews before making this recipe, and as a result I made the following changes: added a tablespoon of lemon juice to the date mixture and pureed the date mixture. I also used a 9 x 13 inch pan. The result was great, and my husband loved them, which is ALWAYS my true test of a winning recipe. Thanks.

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Reviewed: Apr. 6, 2004

Terrific!! My "I hate dates family" went nuts. Currently baking 2nd batch in 1 wk. Full recipe use a 9x13. Half recipe 8x8.

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Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2002

I made this at the request of my father for Christmas and they came out great!! I pretty much followed the directions except I used butter instead of shortening and I omitted a half cup of flour because I was concerned about the past reviews of the bars being too crumbly..but they came out great!!I also used a 9x13 pan, which was perfect..there would have been WAY too much for a 9x9 pan. My dad hasn't tasted them yet, but I hope he enjoys them! Thanks for the recipe!

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