Recipe: G I Fruit Bars
For 6 Persons
Category: Cookies
1 c Fruit;Dried, Pitted Cut Fine
1/3 c Sugar
1/2 c ;Water
1 tb Lemon Juice
1 tb Lemon Rind; Grated
1 c Flour; Unbleached, Sifted
1 c Brown Sugar; Lightly Packed
1/2 ts Salt
8 tb Butter Or Margarine
1 1/2 c Oats; Quick
3 tb Milk
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cook fruit, sugar, and water until
thick. Cool. Mix flour, brown sugar, and salt. Cut in shorteninguntil
mixture resembles meal. (at least 1 minute in a food processor). Add
oatmeal and mix well. Add milk and blend. Pack half the dough into
greased 8-inch square pan. Spread fruit mixture on top. Spread remaining
flour mixture over fruit. Bake 40 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
Makes about 2 dozen 1 X 2-inch bars.
From Better Homes & Garden's Homemade Cookies Cookbook, via The Home BBS.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/travel.zip
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