Chinese chews

Easy, yummy cookie. I make these for the holiday cookie exchange, but I felt so guilty for making such an easy cookie, I didn't make them one year. Th

Made with dates and nuts, the baked Chinese Chews Square is formed into balls then rolled in granulated sugar. Easy to make and uses only standard pantry baking ingredients, these tasty morsels are not overly rich or sweet.

A simple crunchy and chewy dessert bar. Not really sure where the name comes from, because, as far as I know, there isn’t anything inherently Chinese about these.

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You have to try my mother-in-law's Chinese Chews recipe! These chewy, buttery, date-nut bars are based on a vintage recipe from 1917!

I recently came across a hundred-year-old recipe for Chinese Chews. The recipe was for walnut and date cookie balls. Why were they called Chinese? Were the balls supposed to seem special because t…

Cookie Category: Bar

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Add butter. Mix until crumbly, first with a fork, then with fingers. Press the mixture into...

Nana made these every Christmas and even though they are not my favorite cookie, I enjoy making them for the memories they bring back. As I was putting together the recipe tonight, I thought back to the struggle Nana and I would have hand mixing this batter. We had to trade off the chore, because it was so difficult. If only we had a KitchenAid mixer at the time. These were a bar cookie popular in the 1930's. There are many recipes for them on the Internet, but this one is from the 1934…