Recipe: Apricot Bars (using oats and apricot jam)

APRICOT BARS

1 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups quick cooking rolled oats, uncooked
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup commercial apricot preserves

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; stir in rolled oats and brown sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly.

Pat 2/3 of crumb mixture into 11 x 7 x 1 1/2 inch pan. Spread with preserves. Cover with remaining crumb mixture and pat fairly firm.

Bake in moderate oven at 375 degrees F for approximately 35 minutes or until brown. Cool. Cut in bars or squares.

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen (3x1-inch) bars, or about 6 dozen (1-inch) squares.

Hi Robert,

You can try replacing the cranberry sauce in your recipe with apricot or blackberry preserves or jam.

Happy Baking!

Betsy