Apricot Oat Bars Recipe 48

Steps:

• Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13x2-inch metal baking dish with vegetable oil cooking spray. Line the bottom and sides of the pan with parchment paper. Spray the parchment paper with vegetable oil cooking spray and set aside. FILLING: In a small bowl, mix together the jam and the apricots. Set aside. CRUST: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Stir in the oats and walnuts. Add the butter, egg and vanilla and stir until incorporated. Using a fork or clean fingers, lightly press half of the crust mixture onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Using a spatula, spread the filling over the crust leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edge of the pan. Cover the filling with the remaining crust mixture and gently press to flatten. Bake until light golden, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 1 hour. Cut into bars and store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 13 by 2-inch metal baking dish with vegetable oil cooking spray. Line the bottom and sides of the pan with parchment paper. Spray the parchment paper with vegetable oil cooking spray and set aside.
• Filling: In a small bowl, mix together the jam and the apricots. Set aside.
• Crust: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Stir in the oats and walnuts. Add the butter, egg and vanilla and stir until incorporated.
• Using a fork or clean fingers, lightly press half of the crust mixture onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Using a spatula, spread the filling over the crust leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edge of the pan. Cover the filling with the remaining crust mixture and gently press to flatten. Bake until light golden, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 1 hour. Cut into bars and store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In large bowl, combine cake mix, oats pecans and butter.
• Mix well until entire mixture clumps.
• Press half of this mixture evenly into bottom of a greased 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Spread apricot jam evenly over surface, and sprinkle remaining half of mixture evenly over jam.
• Bake 20 minutes, or until well-browned on top.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• In a large mixer bowl combine all crumb ingredients.
• Beat low speed, scraping bowl often, until mixture is crumbly, 1-2 minutes.
• Reserve 1 cup of mixture; press remaining mixture into a greased 13x9-inch pan.
• Spread the apricot preserves to within 1/2 inch from the edge of the crumb mixture.
• Sprinkle with crumb mixture and coconut.
• Bake 22-27 minutes, or until edges are lightly browned.
• Let cool completely before you cut into bars.

Steps:

• Place 1/2 cup of brown sugar into a saucepan along with the dates and apricots; pour in the apricot nectar. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook, stirring constantly, until the nectar has mostly evaporated and the mixture is sticky, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside. Grease a baking sheet.
• Stir the melted shortening and vanilla extract into 1 cup of brown sugar in a large bowl until no lumps remain. Stir in the flour mixture and oats; work well with your hands until the mixture is evenly combined. Press half of the oat mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Spread the cooled apricot mixture evenly over the oats, then press the remaining oat mixture evenly over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars and serving.