Apricot-Raisin Bars

Title:
Apricot-Raisin Bars

Yield:
24 Bars

Categories:
Cookies,
Low-Fat




Ingredients:




----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------


   1/2 c  Dried apricots, diced


   1/4 c  Raisins


   1/2 c  Apples, peeled and grated


   1/2 c  Reduced-sugar apricot


          -preserves





-----------------------------------CRUST-----------------------------------


 1 1/2 ts Baking soda


     1 c  All-purpose flour


   1/2 c  Oat bran


     2 c  Rolled oats


     1 ts Ground cinnamon


     1 c  Brown sugar


   3/4 c  Reduced-calorie margarine,


          -melted





 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."


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #321


 


 Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:01:20 +0000


 


 From: Linda Place