Chinese chews
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Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Serves: Makes 24
Have you ever heard of Chinese Chews? They’re absolutely delicious date-nut bars!
Ingredients
60g butter or margarine, softened
200ml (160 g) sugar
5ml vanilla essence
250ml (140 g) Snowflake cake flour
10ml Snowflake baking powder
150g pitted dates, coarsely chopped
75g red glace cherries, coarsely chopped
50g walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 extra-large eggs
Orange icing
375ml (200 g) icing sugar
5ml butter or margarine, softened
30ml fresh orange juice
Method
- Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, until light and creamy. Add essence.
- Sift flour and baking powder together. Add to egg mixture and mix well. Fold in dates, cherries and walnuts.
- Spoon mixture into a greased 18 x 27 cm pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for about 25 minutes. Leave in pan to cool slightly.
- Icing: Sift icing sugar, add butter and orange juice and mix until smooth. Drizzle icing over chews and cut into slices. Store in an airtight container.
