Date Bars Recipe

Ingredients

Crust/Topping

• 2 cups old-fashioned oats

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened

• ½ tsp salt

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• ⅓ cup of zero-calorie Truvia Original Calorie-Free Sweetener Spoonable Jar***

Filling

• 3 cups dates, chopped

• 3 ½ Tbsp of calorie-free Truvia Original Calorie-Free Sweetener Spoonable Jar****

• 1 cup water

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

• 1.  

  Preheat oven to 325^° F

• 2.  

  Place oats, flour, cinnamon, butter, salt, vanilla and Truvia Original Sweetener in bowl and mix at low speed for 1 minute.

• 3.  

  Scrape sides of bowl, mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.

• 4.  

  Portion two-thirds of oat mixture into a greased 9” square pan; set aside remaining one-third of mixture for topping.

• 5.  

  Press oat mixture into bottom of pan to form crust.

For filling

• 6.  

  Cook the dates, Truvia Original Sweetener and water in a medium saucepan on low heat for 10 minutes or until the dates begin to soften. Stir in vanilla. Spread over pressed oat mixture.

• 7.  

  Crumble remaining oat mixture over the filling.

• 8.  

  Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.