Apricot-raisin bars
24 Bars
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Dried apricots, diced |
| ¼ | cup | Raisins |
| ½ | cup | Apples, peeled and grated |
| ½ | cup | Reduced-sugar apricot preserves |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | cup | Oat bran |
| 2 | cups | Rolled oats |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | cup | Brown sugar |
| ¾ | cup | Reduced-calorie margarine, melted |
Directions
FILLING
CRUST
In a medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients. Stir well.
Make crust: In a large bowl, combine baking soda, flour, oat bran, oats, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Stir in melted margarine. Press slightly more than half of crust mixture in bottom of a 9- by 13-inch pan sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
Spread on filling. Sprinkle on remaining crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Cut into bars.
Makes 24 bars
Nutritional analysis: Per 2-inch square: 151 calories, 2 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fat (26 percent), 124 milligrams sodium.
FROM Karen Mangum's cookbook "Life's Simple Pleasures: Fine Vegetarian Cooking for Sharing and Celebration."