{"id":699,"slug":"chinese-chews-nut-and-date-bars","title":"Chinese Chews (Nut and Date Bars)","description":"Chinese chews are a bar cookie containing nuts and dried fruit. They have a chewy consistency.","ingredients_raw":["2 eggs","⅔ cup sugar","⅔ cup self-raising flour","⅓ tsp salt","1 tsp vanilla","½ cup chopped dates","½ cup seedless raisins","¾ cup chopped walnuts","Icing sugar to taste"],"ingredients_norm":["egg","sugar","self raising flour","salt","vanilla","date","seedless raisin","walnut","icing sugar"],"steps":["Beat eggs until foamy. Add sugar and mix.","Add flour and salt.","Add vanilla, then the fruit and nuts. Mix well.","Spread in greased 8-inch cake pan.","Bake for about 30–35 minutes at 350°F (175°C) until golden brown.","Cut into squares while still warm. Roll in icing sugar."],"categories":["Caribbean recipes","Recipes using date","Recipes using walnut","Recipes for dessert","Baking recipes","Recipes using egg","Recipes using sugar","Recipes using self-raising flour","Recipes for cookies"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":45,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chinese_Chews_(Nut_and_Date_Bars)","source_ref":"4530167","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Chinese_Chews_(Nut_and_Date_Bars)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"a395c0561daf92454d3b4c9dae0ae79a0aabbc139735f4733485968c2d579ade","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:59Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/chinese-chews-nut-and-date-bars"}