Date Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine, melted
1/2 tsp. baking soda
8 oz. dates, cut
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 c. brown sugar
2 c. flour
2 c. oatmeal

Preparation

Cook dates, sugar and water until thick (low temperature).
Add baking soda to melted butter.
Mix melted butter into mixture of brown sugar, flour and oatmeal.
Grease 9 x 13-inch pan.
Preheat pan to 325\u00b0.
Put 1/2 crumb mixture on bottom of pan; press down. Add date mixture.
Crumble rest of crumb mixture on top.
Cook for 20 to 30 minutes.