Matrimonial Bars

Name: Matrimonial Bars
Yield: Makes 16 bars
Ingredients: 2 cups, water; 8 ounces pitted, dates, chopped (1 1/3 cups); 1 cup (5 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 cup packed (7 ounces), brown sugar; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 12 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 2 cups (6 ounces) old-fashioned, rolled oats

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2014

Desserts or Baked Goods

Grains

These sweet yet hearty bars combine sticky dried dates and chewy rolled oats in perfect matrimony.

SERVESMakes 16 bars

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

These sweet yet hearty bars combine sticky dried dates and chewy rolled oats in perfect matrimony. A butter and flour mixture flavored with brown sugar and cinnamon comes together quickly in the food processor; then we stir in the oats by h...

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