Cuisinart TOB-50BCC Raspberry Almond Oat Bars, 1⁄4 teaspoon 1 ml salt 11⁄2 teaspoons 7 ml vanilla

Raspberry Almond Oat Bars

Makes 16 bars

cooking spray

1 cup (250 ml) rolled oats

1 cup (250 ml) all-purpose flour

2⁄3 cup (150 ml) packed light brown sugar

1⁄4 teaspoon (1 ml) baking soda

1⁄4 teaspoon (1 ml) salt

11⁄2 teaspoons (7 ml) vanilla

1⁄2 cup (125 ml) unsalted butter, cut in 1⁄2-inch (1.25 cm) pieces

1⁄4 cup (50 ml) chopped almonds

1 jar (10-ounce [285 g]) raspberry preserves (about 1 cup [250 ml])

Place the rack in position B and preheat the toaster oven to 325ºF (165ºC). Lightly spray a 7 x 11-inch (18 x 28 cm) baking pan with cooking spray.

Place oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl and stir to blend. Add vanilla and butter, and using a pastry blender or two forks, cut butter into dry ingredients until the mixture is evenly moist and crumbly. Remove 1⁄2 cup (125 ml) of the mixture. Stir chopped nuts into one of the half cups of the crumb mixture and reserve for topping.

Press the oatmeal mixture without the nuts evenly into the prepared baking pan. Spread the raspberry preserves over the top. Sprinkle with the reserved oat/nut mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden. Let cool completely in the baking pan set on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Nutritional information per bar:

Calories 199 (32% from fat) • carb. 32g • pro. 2g • fat 7g • sat. fat 4g

• chol. 16mg • sod. 60mg • calc. 18mg • fiber 1g

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