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Apricot Bars

Ingredients:

1 cup (240mL) dried apricots
1 cup (240mL) orange juice
3/4 cup (180mL) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups (360mL) quick or old-fashioned oats, uncooked
1/2 cup (120mL) SugarTwin® Granulated Brown

1 tsp (5mL) ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp (2.5mL) baking powder
dash salt
1/2 cup (120mL) butter, melted
1 tsp (5mL) vanilla
1 can of Baker's Joy® non-stick spray with flour

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Rinse apricots and cover with orange juice in saucepan. Simmer for 10 minutes, set aside to cool. Grease 8x8" (20x20cm) pan. Combine flour, oats, SugarTwin® Granulated Brown, cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Pour melted butter and vanilla into mixture and stir well. Chop cooled apricots until finely minced and pulpy. Reserve 3/4 (180mL) cup of oat mixture, press remaining oat mixture evenly into bottom of greased pan. Spread apricots over oat mixture and sprinkle the reserved oat mixture over apricots. Bake 40 minutes or until firm. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into squares.
Makes 12 Servings.