Favorite Chocolate Chip And Fruit Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar (or 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup sugar)
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 cup chopped dates
• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 spray an 11 x 17-inch pan (or cookie sheet) with pam non stick cooking spray.
• 3 combine flour and baking soda in bowl and set aside.
• 4 cream butter (or margarine) with sugar.
• 5 add eggs one at a time.
• 6 alternately stir in raisins and flour mixture.
• 7 fold in remaining ingredients (dates-walnuts).
• 8 spread evenly in prepared pan.
• 9 bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool and then cut into bars.