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Date-Oatmeal Bars

Yields:12 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation40 minutes
Cooking50 minutes
Ready In90 minutes
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Ingredients

1 cup flour, all-purpose
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar, light firmly packed
1/3 cup margarine
1 cup oatmeal quick-cooking, uncooked
Date filling
2 cups dates chopped, pitted
1 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 400øF. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans.

Simmer uncovered, dates, water and sugar 7-10 minutes until thick.

Cool.

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.

Bake 45-50 minutes until tan on top. Cool upright in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars.

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