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Bars: Blue Ridge Blackberry Lemon Bars

Source of Recipe

Smuckers


List of Ingredients

� 2 cups oats, either quick or old-fashioned (uncooked)
� 2 cups Pillsbury BEST� All Purpose Flour
� 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
� 1 cup lightly toasted walnuts*, chopped
� 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
� 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
� 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
� 1/2 teaspoon salt
� 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
� 1 cup butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
� Crisco� Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
� 1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's� Seedless Blackberry Jam
� Powdered sugar, if desired



Recipe

1. HEAT oven to 325�F. Toss together in a large mixing bowl oats, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon peel and salt until well blended.

2. SPRINKLE mixture with lemon juice, then with a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter pieces until mixture is crumbly.

3. SPRAY 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. Reserve 2 cups of the oat mixture, then sprinkle remainder in pan, pressing with fingers to form a crust.

4. BAKE 10 minutes, or until set. Let cool slightly, then spread blackberry jam evenly over crust. Sprinkle evenly with reserved oat mixture, pressing down gently.

5. RETURN to oven; bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.


TIP *To toast nuts: Place walnuts in dry nonstick skillet; cook over medium heat, shaking pan until nuts are lightly browned.


YIELD: 25-30 Bars