Chinese Chews (Nut and Date Bars)
Chinese chews are a bar cookie containing nuts and dried fruit. They have a chewy consistency.
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
Ingredients for 4 servings (555 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Beat eggs until foamy. Add sugar and mix.
- 2
Add flour and salt.
- 3
Add vanilla, then the fruit and nuts. Mix well.
- 4
Spread in greased 8-inch cake pan.
- 5
Bake for about 30–35 minutes at 350°F (175°C) until golden brown.
Oven - 6
Cut into squares while still warm. Roll in icing sugar.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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