Shelly's Recipe

APRICOT-OATMEAL BARS

Category: Bars

1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
1 cup flour
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup apple or cranberry juice
1 (10 oz) jar apricot preserves

Preheat oven to 325. Lightly spray a 13x9 inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl with fingertips until no lumps of brown sugar remain. Drizzle oil and fruit juice over oats and mix in with fingertips until evenly moistened and crumbly. Set aside half for the topping. Press the remainder evenly in bottom of prepared baking dish.

Spread apricot preserves over top. Sprinkle with reserved oat topping. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until golden. Let cool in baking dish on a rack. Cut into bars and store at room temperature in an airtight container.