INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 40 minutes + cooling
- Servings: 16 bars
- Preparation Time: 10 minutes
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 3/4 cup apricot preserves
DIRECTIONS
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, sugar, salt, and baking soda.
- Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs
- Press half of the mixture into a greased 8-inch square baking pan.
- Spread with the preserves
- Sprinkle with the remaining oat mixture
- Gently press down
- Bake at 350 F for 38-42 minutes or until golden brown
- Cool on a wire rack
- Cut into squares
