Date-Oatmeal Bars

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Firmly packed light brown - sugar
1/3 cup	65g / 2.3oz	Margarine
1 cup	237ml	Uncooked quick-cooking - oatmeal
		Date filling-----
2 cups	292g / 10oz	Chopped pitted dates
1 cup	237ml	Water
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sugar

Recipe Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400F. 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.

Source:
Jeff Smith

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