Name: Date-Oatmeal Bars
Ingredients: 1 c All-purpose flour; 1/2 ts Salt; 1/2 c Firmly packed light brown sugar; 1/3 c Margarine; 1 c Uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal; 2 c Chopped pitted dates; 1 c Water; 2 tb Sugar

Why is it that so many professing Christians make no spiritual progress, and indeed make no efforts to grow in grace? Why? Because they care nothing about it! To take up a “mere profession” is all they desire; but to proceed from one degree of piety to another; to grow in grace – is no part of their desire... Is it possible to be a Christian and yet destitute of this desire to grow in grace? No, it is not! I tell you, it is not! If you have no concern to grow in grace – there is no grace in you! You are a piece of dead wood – and not a living branch! You are a spiritual corpse – and not a living man! In this state there can be no growth – for dead things never grow!

John Angell James

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Cookies, Desserts	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Firmly packed light brown sugar
1/3	c	Margarine
1	c	Uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
2	c	Chopped pitted dates
1	c	Water
2	tb	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

DATE FILLING
1. Preheat oven to 400&deg;F. Grease 9x9x2 inch square pans. 2. Simmer
uncovered, dates, water and sugar 7-10 minutes until thick. Cool. 3. Sift
flour and salt together.  Add Brown Sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in
margarine until the size of small peas. Mix in oatmeal. Pack half the
mixture in to the bottom of the pan; top with the date mixture. Add
remaining oatmeal mixture to form top layer. 4. Bake 45-50 minutes until
tan on top. Cool upright in pan on a wire rack and cut into bars.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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