Date Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. margarine
2 1/2 c. oatmeal
2 tsp. soda in 2 tsp. hot water
1 1/4 c. brown sugar
2 c. flour
1 c. water
1 c. sugar
1 c. chopped dates
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Mix together the margarine, oatmeal, soda in hot water, brown sugar and flour.
Press one layer of dough on bottom of a 9 x 13-inch cake pan. Boil together the water, sugar, dates and chopped nuts until thickened.
Cool and spread thinly over layer of dough in the pan.
Press on another layer of dough. Bake at 325\u00b0 for 25 to 30 minutes.