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Blackberry Jam Bars

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Category: Cookies

 Ingredients List

  • 1/4 c Butter or margarine;
  • -softened --plus
  • 3 tb Butter or margarine;
  • -softened
  • 1/2 c Firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 c All-purpose flour
  • 1/4 ts Baking soda
  • 1/4 ts Salt
  • 1 c Quick-cooking oats; uncooked
  • 3/4 c Blackberry jam

 Directions

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an
electric mixer. Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture,
mixing well. Stir in oats.

Press half of mixture into a lightly greased 8-inch square pan. Top mixture
with jam, spreading to within 1/4-inch of edge. Press remaining crumb
mixture firmly on top. Bake at 400°F for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into
bars.

Yield: about 2 dozen.

Microwave Directions: Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at
medium speed of an electric mixer. Combine flour, soda, and salt; add flour
mixture to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats.

Press half of mixture into a lightly greased 8-inch square baking dish.
Shield corners of dish with triangles of foil, keeping foil smooth and
close to dish. Microwave at MEDIUM (50% power) for 5 to 7 minutes or until
firm, rotating dish a quarter-turn at 2-minute intervals. Top with jam,
spreading to within 1/4-inch of edge. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly
on top.

Microwave, with edges shielded, at MEDIUM for 11 to 13 minutes or until
firm, rotating dish a quarter-turn at 2-minute intervals. (Do not overcook;
mixture will firm up as it cools.) Cool and cut into bars.

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