Date-oatmeal bars

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Firmly packed light brown
-sugar
1/3 c Margarine
1 c Uncooked quick-cooking
-oatmeal

------------------------DATE FILLING-----------------------------
2 c Chopped pitted dates
1 c Water
2 tb Sugar

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.