Date Filling:

• 2 cups chopped dates
• 1 1/2 cup water

1. Place all ingredients in a saucepan .Cover and let cook, stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes. Or until mixture thickens.

• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup sucanat w/honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• 4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup milk (Buttermilk can be used)
• 2 sticks room temperature butter

1. In food processor or blender chop pecans, rolled oats and sucanat till fine.
2. Mix in salt and baking powder .
3. Pour the the ingredients that are in the processor into a bowl and add flour. Cut in butter. Add milk.
4. Grease 2 jelly roll pans . Roll the dough evenly into the pans.
5. Bake at 350 for 21 minutes. Loosen from pans immediately after getting out of oven.
6. Spread date mixture over one tray. Take the 2nd tray’s contents and place it on top of the date mixture.
7. cut into squares.
8. Makes 3 1/2 dozen 2 x 2 inch bars.

These bars are best warm.