1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup margarine
1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
DATE FILLING:
2 cups chopped pitted dates
1 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
Servings: 12
1. Preheat oven to 400F. 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.
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup margarine
1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
DATE FILLING:
2 cups chopped pitted dates
1 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
Servings: 12
1. Preheat oven to 400F. 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.
