Date Bars

Martha Tedrow

Ingredients

1 7/8 Teaspoons Vanilla
1/2 Cups Water
1/2 Cups Sugar
1 7/8 Pounds Dates
1 7/8 Teaspoons Baking Soda
3/4 Cups Butter
1 1/2 Cups Oatmeal
1 1/4 Cups Flour
1 7/8 Cups Brown Sugar

Instructions

Mix well the brown sugar, flour, oatmeal, butter and soda. Boil the dates in 1/2 sugar, 1/2 water, and vanilla. Pat the flour mixture into a greased pan and layer with the date mix on top.