Date Bars

8oz chopped dates
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 raisins

1 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
1 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup butter melted

Cook dates with 1/2 cup orange juice in saucepan 5 mins or until thickens. Stir in remaining juice and raisins.

Combine oats, flour, baking soda, sugar in bowl. Stir in melted butter.
Press 2/3 of oat mix into bottom of a 8" or 9" square pan. Spread date filling over crust. Sprinkle remaining crust on top.

Bake at 375 for 20 mins

Baked Pumpkin Seeds

Wash & Dry (Pat dry it good enough. You just want extra water on them.)
Melt together 1 stick of butter & 4 TBS salt
Take off heat
Add in 3 1/2 cup seeds
Soak over night

Heat & stir till butter is melted again
Pour off excess liquid
Put seeds on cookie sheet and bake at 300F for 30 mins