I had a recipe from McCall's soft cover cookbook set, but can't locate them. These were collected one by one and totalled about 16. I am missing a couple of these books and would love to complete my set. In the meantime, I would just love the Oatmeal Date bar recipe. Thanks!
Date filled oatmeal bars
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Peanut Patty
Date-oatmeal Bars
cookies, desserts
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 cup chopped pitted dates
1 cup water
2 tablespoon sugar
Preheat oven to 400øF. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans.
Simmer uncovered, dates, water and sugar 7-10 minutes until thick. Cool.
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.
Bake 45-50 minutes until tan on top. Cool upright in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars.