Date-Filled Oatmeal Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. all-purpose flour
2 c. quick-cooking oats, uncooked
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. firmly-packed brown sugar
3/4 c. butter or margarine
1 (16 oz.) pkg. pitted dates, chopped
1 c. sugar
1 c. water

Preparation

Combine
flour,
oats, soda, salt and brown sugar.
Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press half of mixture into an ungreased 12 x 8 x 2-inch baking pan.
Combine
dates, 1 cup sugar and water in a medium saucepan; cook
over\tlow heat until sugar dissolves and dates are soft. Mixture
should be thick and mushy.
Spread mixture evenly over dough in pan;
cover with remaining oats mixture. Bake at
325\u00b0 for
40
minutes or until lightly browned.\tCut into 2
x
1-inch bars
while
warm.\tRemove to wire racks to cool.
Yield:
4 dozen.