Recipe - Matrimonial Cake (Date Bars)

Three fourths cup Butter
1 cup Brown sugar
1 Three fourths cup Flour
One half teaspoon Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Rolled oats
Date Filling:
3 cup Cut up dates (about 1 lb)
One fourth cup Sugar
1 One half cup Water

Make date filling, see below.

heat oven to 400. cream butter and sugar. mix flour, soda, salt, add to
butter and sugar. Mix in rolled oats. Flatten half of mixture into 13x9x2
inch greased pan. Spread with cooled date filling, top with remaining crumb
mixture. Bake 25 to 30 minutes, cut into bars.

DATE FILLING: mix dates, sugar, and water in saucepan. Cook over medium
heat stirring constantly until thickened. cool (need not be really cool,
just not scalding hot).
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #352

From: l.ande.smith@juno.com (Lois&EH Smith)

Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 14:09:47 PST