Chocolate Refreshers

💖 recipe from Eugene Walden 💖

makes 3 dozen bars

• 1¼ cups sifted AP flour
• ¾ tsp soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1¼ cups cut dates
• ¾ cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup (6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate morsels or butterscotch morsels
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup orange juice
• ½ cup milk
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Orange Glaze

• 1½ cups powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp soft butter
• 1 to 2 tsp grated orange rind
• 2 to 3 tbsp cream

Combine powdered sugar, butter, and orange rind. Blend in cream until of spreading consistency.

1. Sift together flour, soda, and salt.
2. Combine dates, brown sugar, water, and butter in a large saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until dates soften. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in chocolate. Add eggs. Mix well.
4. Add dry ingredients alternately with orange juice and milk. Blend thoroughly.
5. Stir in chopped walnuts. Srpead batter in a well-greased 15x10x1 jelly roll pan.
6. Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and frost.