1 c. brown sugar
1 egg
1 stick butter, melted
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. oatmeal

Mix above ingredients together. Put 1/2 mixture on bottom of a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Mix 1 (1 pound) package dates, cooked with 1/2 cup sugar and 1 cup water. Cool. Put date mixture on top of oatmeal mixture, then put remaining mixture (oatmeal) on top of dates. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.