Cranberry And Caramel Date Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cranberries
• 10 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups oats
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, melted
• 1 1/2 cups dates, chopped
• 3/4 cup walnuts, toasted
• 1 cup caramel ice cream topping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 350°f.
• 2 in bowl, combine cranberries and 2 tablespoons sugar.
• 3 in a bowl, combine 2 cups flour,oats,remaining 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar and soda.
• 4 add butter and mmx well (pastry blender works well).
• 5 reserve 1 cup crumb mixture.
• 6 press remainder firmly on bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan.
• 7 bake 15 minutes.
• 8 sprinkle dates, walnuts and cranberry mixture over crust.
• 9 mix caramel topping and remaining 1/3 cup flour; spoon over fruit and walnuts.
• 10 top with reserved crumb mixture.
• 11 bake 20 minutes or until lightly brown.
• 12 cool.
• 13 cut into bars.