Oatmeal Date Bars

Ingredients

• 1 package dates
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• ½ cup shortening (½ butter, ½ Crisco)
• 12 cups quick oats
• 12 cups sifted flour
• ½ teaspoon soda
• ½ teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Boil mixture until thick, set aside to cool.

2. 2

   Mix thoroughly.

3. 3

   Pat mixture into bottom of pan and line sides.

4. 4

   Pour in date mixture, pat rest of mixture on top.

5. 5

   Bake in oven of 350 degrees for ½ hour.

6. 6

   Cool, cut in squares.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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