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Date Squares

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 16
Ready In: 40 minutes

1 cupchopped dates
1 tbspbrown sugar
1/2 cupwater
1 cupflour
1/2 tspbaking soda
1/8 tspsalt
3/4 cupbutter
1 cupbrown sugar
2 cupsoatmeal

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)

Combine dates, 1 tbsp brown sugar and water in small saucepan

Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cook, stirring often, until dates are soft enough to be mashed with a fork. Set aside

Blend flour, baking soda, and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in brown sugar and oats

Press half of crumb mixture over bottom of greased 8"x8"pan to form bottom crust

Spread date filling over crust, and sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Flatten with a fork or your hand

Bake for 25 minutes. Cool completely and cut into squares

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