Blackberry Bars

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Flour
1 cup Brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Quick-cooking oatmeal
1 cup Butter
1 1/2 cups Seedless Blackberry jam,*
1/2 cup Chopped pecans

Preparation

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* Or preserves or conserve
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Bar cookies are easy to prepare because they are spread in a pan and baked all at one time. They should be cooled before cutting.
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This is such an easy recipe-but it tastes like you spent hours preparing it. It's great for brunch and coffee klatches!
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Preheat oven to 375 .
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In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and oatmeal. Cut in all but two tablespoons butter. Press 1/2 of flour mixture evenly into a greased 13 x 9-inch pan. Spread jam over batter in pan, then top with remaining flour mixture. Dot with two tablespoons butter and with chopped pecans.
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Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely, then cut into rectangles.
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Variation: Use other types of jam, such as apricot.
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Yield: 24. Suzanne J. Brown, owner SBJ Communications, Skillman, NJ

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Yield:

1.0 servings

Added:

Friday, December 4, 2009 - 10:12pm

Creator:

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