Recipe - Caramel Date Bars With Cranberries And Walnuts

1 cup Cranberries
2 tablespoon PLUS One half cup sugar; divided
2 1/3 cup Flour; divided
2 cup Rolled oats
One half cup Packed light brown sugar
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 cup Butter or margarine; melted
1 One half cup Chopped dates
1/3 cup Chopped walnuts; toasted
1 cup Caramel ice cream topping

Preheat oven to 350F. In small bowl, combine cranberries and 2 T sugar; set
aside. In medium bowl stir together 2 cup flour, oats, One half cup sugar, brown
sugar, and baking soda. Stir in melted butter, blend well. Reserve 1c crumb
mixture. Press remaining crumbs in bottom of 9x13inch baking pan. Bake 15
minutes. Sprinkle dates, walnuts and cranberry mixture evenly over crust.
Stir together caramel topping and remaining 1/3 cup flour; drizzle over
fruits and nuts. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Return to oven for
20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into
bars.

Recipe by: Sunsweet Date package

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 220 by Nancy Pallotta
nancee@neo.lrun.com on Nov 08, 1997