Date Squares

By PamCallan

Ingredients

• Oat Mixture
• 3/4 cup crisco
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups oatmeal
• 3/4 tsp salt
• Date Filling
• 8 oz box of dates
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• a little sugar
• 1 can crushed pineapple

Details

Servings 16

Preparation

Step 1

Mix oat mixture ingredients in a bowl
Put 1/2 mixture in bottom of 9x9 dish

Boil dates until soft with the crushed pineapple and pineapple juice (~20 minutes)

Place date mixture in dish and cover with rest of oat mixture

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes