Matrimonial Bars

Name: Matrimonial Bars
Yield: Makes 16 bars
Ingredients: 2 cups, water; 8 ounces (227 grams) pitted, dates, chopped (1 1/3 cups); 1 cup (5 ounces/142 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 cup packed (7 ounces/198 grams), 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/170 grams) old-fashioned, rolled oats

Desserts or Baked Goods
Grains

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2014

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

SERVES Makes 16 bars

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling

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