Recipe - Date-Oatmeal Bars

1 cup Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Firmly packed light brown
sugar
1/3 cup Margarine
1 cup Uncooked quickcooking
oatmeal

DATE FILLING
2 cup Chopped pitted dates
1 cup Water
2 tablespoon Sugar

1. Preheat oven to 400øF. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans. 2. Simmer
uncovered, dates, water and sugar 710 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 4550 minutes until
tan on top. Cool upright in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars.

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