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cakeMix/bar - Chewy Date Bar Cookies

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cakeMix/bar - Chewy Date Bar Cookies

1 pkg. (2 layer) yellow cake mix
3/4 c. brown sugar
3/4 c. melted butter
2 eggs
2 cups chopped dates
2 cups chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x13" baking pan and dust with flour;
set aside. Combine cake mix and sugar in large bowl and blend well.
Add butter and eggs and mix until a batter forms. By hand, stir dates
and nuts into batter. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake bars at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes until edges turn golden brown.
Cool 10 minutes, then run knife around edges or pan to loosen sides.
Cool one hour, then cut into bars. 24 Bars