Dora Date Squares

1 1/2 cups of regular oatmeal
1 1/2 cups of All-purpose flour
1/4 of tsp baking soda
1/4 of tsp Salt
1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup of Shortening
500 ml (1 jar) of Dora Date filling

Mix the first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl.

Add the Shortening to the mix and cut the Shortening with a mixer until the mixture resembles ground meat.

Reserve 1 cup of the mix for topping.

Press mixture into an ungreased 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.

Spread Dora Dates filling over the mixture already in the pan.

Sprinkle the reserved cup of the crumb mixture.

Bake at 350 C for 25 to 30 minutes.

Cool and cut into squares.