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Apricot-Filled Oatmeal Bars Recipe

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Prep Time:
30 min

Cook Time:
30 Min

Servings:
2 Servings

Difficulty:
Easy

Prep Time:
30 min

Cook Time:
30 Min

Servings:
2 Servings

Difficulty:
Easy

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 C. dried apricots
  • 2/3 C. water
  • 3/4 C. Polaner® Apricot Preserves
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Almond Extract
  • 1 C. Crisco® Butter Flavor Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
  • 1 1/2 C. firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 C. McCann’s® Quick Cooking Rolled Irish Oats
  • 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

DIRECTIONS

  1. HEAT oven to 350°F.
  2. COMBINE apricots and water in a small saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat 10 minutes. Remove lid. Cook until apricots are tender and water has evaporated. Add preserves, sugar and almond extract. Stir until preserves melt. Cool to room temperature.
  3. COMBINE shortening, brown sugar, flour, oats, baking powder and salt in bowl of an electric mixer. Mix at low speed until well blended and crumbly. Press half of mixture in bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Spread apricot filling evenly over crust. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over filling. Press down gently.
  4. BAKE 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Remove pan to cooling rack. Cool slightly. Run spatula around edge of pan to loosen. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack. Cut into bars.

Nutrition

Serving size
(1 bar, 1/24 of recipe)

  • Calories 210
  • Calories from Fat80g
  • Total Fat 8g
  • Saturated Fat 2g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
  • Monounsaturated Fat 0g
  • Cholesterol 0mg
  • Sodium 75mg
  • Potassium 0mg
  • Total Carbohydrates 33g
  • Dietary Fiber 1g
  • Sugars 23g
  • Protein 2g
  • Vitamin A 0%
  • Vitamin C 0%
  • Vitamin D 0%
  • Calcium 0%
  • Thiamin 0%
  • Niacin 0%
  • Zinc 0%
  • Riboflavin 0%
  • Iron 0%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet