• 1 recipe Oatmeal Crust
• ¾ cups honey
• ¾ cups apple jelly
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• ¼ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2½ cups pecan pieces
• 2 cups chopped pitted dates

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare Oatmeal Crust
2. In a saucepan combine honey, jelly and butter. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until butter and jelly are melted, stirring often. Remover from heat.
3. In a mixing bowl stir together brown sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir in honey mixture.
4. Pour half of the filling over each prepared crust. Spread evenly; top each with the pecans and dates.
5. Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks. Chill for 30 minutes. Cut each pan into 18 bars.

Makes 36 bars

• ¾ cups regular rolled oats
• ¾ cups sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon water

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Place rolled oats, sugar and salt in a blender or food processor. Blend or process until oats are finely chopped. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Stir in flour.
3. Using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle ware over mixture.
4. Continue to blend until mixture forms loose crumbs. Press evenly into bottom ad 2 greased 13-inch-by-9-inch-by-2-inch baking pan.
5. Bake each pan on center rack in a preheated oven for of oven for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.