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      Title: Chocolate Date Squares
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 24 Servings
 
      2 c  Dates; chopped
      1 c  Hot water
      1 c  Sugar
    2/3 c  Shortening
      2    Eggs
  1 1/2 c  Flour
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
           ***topping***
      1 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
    1/2 c  Packed brown sugar
    1/2 c  Nuts; chopped
 
  Recipe by: Sue Klapper
  
  Preparation Time: 0:40 In a bowl, combine dates and
  water; set aside to cool (Do not drain). In a mixing
  bowl, cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs, flour,
  baking soda and salt. Mix well. Add dates. Pour into a
  greased and floured 9 x 13 baking pan. Combine the
  topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350
  for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the
  center comes out clean.
  
  Source: Taste of Home February/March 1995.
 
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