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Apricot-Raisin Bars Recipe

Ingredients:

FILLING

1/2 cup dried apricots, diced
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 cup apples, peeled and grated
1/2 cup reduced-sugar apricot preserves

CRUST

1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup oat bran
2 cup rolled oats
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup reduced-calorie margarine, melted

Instructions:
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."
Servings: 24

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