Oatmeal And Jam Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups rolled oats (regular oatmeal, not instant)
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups jam (your choice of flavor) or 1 1/2 cups preserves (your choice of flavor)

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 350.
• 2 grease a 9x13 baking pan.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar.
• 4 add remaining ingredients except for jam and mix well.
• 5 pat three-fourths of dough into bottom of pan.
• 6 spread jam evenly over top of dough.
• 7 crumble remaining dough over jam.
• 8 bake 30 minutes. cool in pan, then cut onto 2 inch squares.