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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 55 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Good for after school snacks or to add to a lunch bag. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (August 1984) Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour |
1 1/2 cups oatmeal |
1 cup brown sugar |
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1 (16 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained |
1/4 cup sugar |
3 tablespoons apricot jam (or apricot and pineapple jam or preserves) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan.
3. In a medium saucepan combine pineapple, sugar and jam and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Let cool.
4. In a food processor combine first 5 ingredients (flour - baking soda), and mix until crumbly using on/off turns.
5. Sprinkle half of the flour mixture in the prepared pan. Pour pineapple filling over oat/flour mixture. Spread remaining oat/flour mixture over pineapple filling. Pat down gently.
6. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
7. Cool to room temperature and then cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature overnight.
8. Cut into bars to serve.
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