Breakfast

Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars is for Breakfast, Dessert.

Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars takes several minutes to prepare.

Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars takes several minutes to cook.

Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars makes 20 servings.

The ingredients for Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars are:

1 3/4 cups finely chopped pitted dates (about 12 ounces) (340g calculated)
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
2/3 cup sugar (130g calculated)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 ounces) (half white/WW calculated)
1 cup regular oats
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Cooking spray?

Here is how you make Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars:

Combine dates, water, and maple syrup in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil; cook 12 minutes or until most liquid is absorbed, stirring frequently. (Mixture will look like jam.) Stir in rind; cool completely.Preheat oven to 400?.Beat sugar and butter with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Stir flour mixture into sugar mixture (mixture will be crumbly). Press 2 cups flour mixture into bottom of a 13 x 9-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Spread date mixture over flour mixture. Sprinkle with remaining flour mixture. Bake at 400? for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.Serves 20.Number of Servings: 20Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ARISU_2.

The nutritional information for Cooking Light's Maple Date Bars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 20
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 164.1

• Total Fat: 5.1 g
• Cholesterol: 12.4 mg
• Sodium: 46.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 30.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
• Protein: 1.7 g