Recipe - Glazed Oatmeal-Spice Blondies

1 One half cup Quickcooking oats, uncooked
1 cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Ground ginger
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves
Three fourths cup Firmly packed brown sugar
Three fourths cup Pitted dates
One half cup Boiling water
One fourth cup Margarine
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 Egg whites
1 Egg
Vegetable cooking spray
1 cup Sifted powdered sugar
2 tablespoon Water

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; stir well, and set aside.

Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add brown sugar and dates, and
process until dates are finely chopped. Add boiling water and margarine,
and process until smooth. Add vanilla, egg whites, and egg, and process
until well blended. Add date mixture to oat mixture; stir well.

Pour batter into a 13 x 9 x 2inch baking pan coated with cooking spray.

Bake at 375 degrees for 18 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the
center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes.

Combine powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons water; stir well. Spread evenly
over bars; let cool completely. Yield: 2One half dozen (serving size: 1 [2 x
13/4inch] bar).

Per serving: 97 Calories; 2g Fat (18% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 19g
Carbohydrate; 6mg Cholesterol; 47mg Sodium

Recipe by: Cooking Light, Jul/Aug 1994, page 139

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #405 by igor@digex.net on Jan 28, 1997.