Strawberry 'n Oat Bars

Total Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup margarine
• 4 teaspoons margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats or 1 1/2 cups quick-cooking oats, uncooked
• 1 cup nuts, chopped
• 1 cup strawberry preserves
• 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400°f.
• 2 beat 3/4 cup margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 add combined flour, soda and salt; mix well.
• 4 stir in oats and nuts.
• 5 reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture. press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• 6 spread the strawberry preserves over the first layer.
• 7 sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. bake 20-25 minutes. cool.
• 8 melt chips and 4 teaspoons margarine over low heat (or microwave), stirring until smooth.
• 9 drizzle over crumb mixture. refrigerate 1 hour; cut into bars.