Date-oatmeal bars

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Firmly packed light brown sugar
2 cups Chopped pitted dates
1 cup Water
⅓ cup Margarine
1 cup Uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
2 tablespoons Sugar

Directions

DATE FILLING

1. Preheat oven to 400øF. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans.

2. Simmer uncovered, dates, water and sugar 7-10 minutes until thick.

Cool.

3. Sift flour and salt together. Add Brown Sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in margarine until the size of small peas. Mix in oatmeal. Pack half the mixture in to the bottom of the pan; top with the date mixture. Add remaining oatmeal mixture to form top layer.

4. Bake 45-50 minutes until tan on top. Cool upright in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars.

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