Cookie mix Date Nut Bars

Start with cake mix, add a few ingredients, and get some delicious three layer bars filled with dates and walnuts.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 pkg. two layer yellow cake mix
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups chopped dates
• 2 cups chopped walnuts

PREPARATION:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13x9" 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 degrees F. for 35-40 minutes until edges turn golden brown. Cool 10 minutes, then run knife around edges of pan to loosen sides. Cool one hour, then cut into bars. 24 bars