Oatmeal fruit bar cookies
24 bars
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Quick cooking rolled oats |
| 1 | cup | Flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| Artificial sweetener to equal 1/2 cup sugar | ||
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| 2 | cups | Drained water-packed canned fruit (save juice) |
| 2 | tablespoons | Reserved fruit juice |
Directions
SOURCE: Sugar Free...That's me! by Judith S. Majors, copyright 1978, ISBN #0-345-28708-8. Formatted into MM by Ursula R. Taylor.
Mix all ingredients except fruit and juice until mixture becomes coarse crumbs. Add the fruit juice to hold crumbs together. Press ½ of the crumbs into 8 x 8 inch square pan. Top with chopped or mashed fruit. Pat on remaining crumbs. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Cut into 24 bars when cool.
Makes 24 Bars. 2 Bars = 175 calories, ⅓ Fruit Exchange, 1 Bread Exchange and 2 Fat Exchanges.