Cut down on your sugar consumption and still enjoy a delicious treat with this recipe. Use a brown sugar substitute for a sugar-free version and to reduce calories.
How To Make Reduced Sugar Date Bars
Prep:
20 mins
Cook:
30 mins
Total:
50 mins
Ingredients
For Crust and topping:
- 1 cup shortening
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cup oats, uncooked
- 2 ½ cup flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
For Filling:
- 16 oz dates, chopped
- 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
-
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-
Mix together shortening, salt, oats, flour and brown sugar in a large bowl
-
Save 1/3 of the mixture for the topping and press remaining mixture into bottom of lightly greased 9 x 13 pan.
-
Cook dates and water until thick (if too thick, add a little more water). Cool.
-
Spread on top of crust. Sprinkle with remaining 1/3 reserved oat mixture on top.
-
Bake 20 to 30 minutes (they are more chewy at 30 minutes).
Nutrition
- Sugar: 12g
- :
- Calcium: 14mg
- Calories: 174kcal
- Carbohydrates: 27g
- Fat: 7g
- Fiber: 2g
- Iron: 1mg
- Potassium: 135mg
- Protein: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Sodium: 39mg
- Vitamin C: 1mg
Share your thoughts on this reduced sugar date bars recipe in the Recipe Sharing forum and let us know how it turned out for you!
Was this page helpful?
Submit Your Own Recipe
Have your own special recipe to share? Submit Your Recipe Today!
Related Recipes
Comments