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Bubby's Date Bars

Bubby's Date Bars Ingredients: dates, deglet noor water, bottled, generic butter, without salt sugars, brown wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched leavening agents, baking soda salt, table oats Directions: Prehe...

Bubby's Date Bars

Ingredients:
dates, deglet noor
water, bottled, generic
butter, without salt
sugars, brown
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
leavening agents, baking soda
salt, table
oats

Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Prepare Date Filling: Combine dates and water in a saucepan.
Cook, stirring over low heat until thick (about 10 minutes) Cool; set aside.
Mix soft butter and brown sugar thoroughly.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture.
Add oats; mix.
Place half of the crumb mixture in a greased 13 x 9 baking pan.
Press and flatten to cover bottom of pan.
Spread with cooled Date Filling.
Cover with remaining crumb mixture and pat lightly to smooth surface.
Bake 25-30 minutes until lightly browned.
While warm, cut into bars and remove from pan.
Makes about 18 1 1/2 x 2 inch bars.
NOTE: Though I didn't write it into the recipe, sometimes I add a little lemon rind and lemon juice to the date filling.