3 cups old fashioned oats
3 cups white flour
1 cup margarine
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 package dark brown sugar (1/2 lb)
Mix together between hands until fine crumbs.
Filling:
4 cups (2 lb pitted) dates
1/2 package (1/2 lb) brown sugar
2 cups water
1 cup nuts
Stir then cook over slow heat until very thick. Cool before spreading. Put 1/2 of crumb mixture into large 12 by 20 inch pan. Pat on all of filling onto crumb mixture. Pat rest of crumb mixture on top of filling...press light. Bake in 300 degrees oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool...cut in squares after partially cooked.