Recipe Talk

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-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

1. Preheat oven to 400øF. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans.

2. Simmer uncovered, dates, water and sugar 7-10 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 45-50 minutes until tan on top. Cool upright in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars.