Mom's Date Bars

Submitted by United Church of God on Thu, 2011-07-21 08:24
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Description

Crunchy oatmeal crust with a gooey date filling.

Summary

Yield
Servings
Source

Michelle Grovak, LaFayette, IN

Prep time1 hour

Ingredients

3⁄4Cupbutter
1Cuplight brown sugar
1 3⁄4Cupflour
1⁄2Teaspoonbaking soda (can omit)
1Teaspoonsalt
1 1⁄2Cuprolled oats
3Cupdates (chopped)
1⁄4Cupsugar
1 1⁄2Cupwater
1Teaspoonvanilla

Instructions

Crust:

Mix butter and sugar well. Sift flour, salt, and soda together and stir into butter mixture. Mix in rolled oats. Place half of crust mixture in greased and floured 13 x 9 pan. Press and flatten with hands to cover bottom of pan. Spread with cooled filling. Cover with remaining crumb mixture, patting lightly. Bake until lightly browned. While warm, cut into bars and remove from pan. Bake in preheated 400° oven for 25-30 minutes.

Filling:

Cook chopped 3 cups of chopped dates, ¼ cup of sugar, and 1½ cup water over low heat, stirring constantly until thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, add vanilla and cool.

 

Notes

My mother made these date bars when I was a child, but never gave me the recipe. I always wanted to make them. A few years ago, my sister found an old Betty Crocker cookbook at a thrift shop; it was published in 1950, the year I was born. She gave me the book, and I found the recipe. I modified it a little to make it more like mom’s.

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