LEMON-DATE SQUARES

Our Quilters' Canasta group was treated to these delicious Lemon-Date Squares last week when we gathered for another fun afternoon of canasta at Friend Dorothy's house. She has had this recipe for a long time, but misplaced it. She was so excited when she recently found it. We were delighted that she did.

(She had cut the recipe from a magazine. I don't  know what magazine it was, but I do know it was the April issue from 1960.)


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LEMON-DATE SQUARES

1/2       cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
1/4       cup powdered sugar
1          cup sifted flour (for crust)
1          teaspoon grated lemon rind
2          eggs
1          cup sugar
2          tablespoons flour (for topping)
1/2       teaspoon baking powder
1/2       teaspoon salt
1          cup flaked coconut
1/2       cup chopped pitted dates
1          tablespoon lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8 x 8 x 2 - inch pan.

Cream butter with powdered sugar until light and fluffy in medium-size bowl; blend in 1 cup flour and lemon rind; pat into bottom of pan.

Bake for 20 minutes; remove from oven, but leave heat on.

While crust is baking, beat eggs until foamy in a medium-size bowl; add sugar gradually and beat until thick and lemon-colored; blend in 2 tablespoons flour, baking powder, salt, coconut, dates, and lemon juice; spoon over partly baked crust.

Bake 25 more minutes, or until top is firm and brown; cool on wire cake racks; cut into squares.