How To Make Apricot-Cherry Bars With Oatmeal Crumble Topping
For these apricot-cherry bars, rich dried cherries and apricots are topped with an oatmeal crumble crust then baked until golden brown.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupall-purpose flour
- 1cupold-fashioned oats
- ¾cuplight brown sugar,firmly packed
- ¼tspsalt
- 8tbspbutter
- 2cupsflaked coconut,sweetened
- 2cupsalmonds,sliced
- 2cupscherries,dried
- 2cupsdried apricots,coarsely chopped
- 21ozcondensed milk,sweetened
Instructions
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Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 13-by-9-inch Pyrex baking pan with vegetable cooking spray. Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, mix flour, oats, brown sugar and salt. Stir in butter with a fork until well mixed and clumps have formed. Spread 1½ packed cups of oat mixture over the bottom of the pan, pressing to form a thin crust.
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Mix coconut, almonds, cherries, apricots and milk in a large bowl. Pour over crust, using a rubber spatula to evenly distribute and press down. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over dried fruit filling.
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Bake for about 30 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool to room temperature. It can also be covered and stored at room temperature for up to 2 days.
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To serve, cut into generous 1½ inch squares.
Nutrition
- Calories: 138.27kcal
- Fat: 6.98g
- Saturated Fat: 3.01g
- Trans Fat: 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.66g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.88g
- Carbohydrates: 17.47g
- Fiber: 1.72g
- Sugar: 12.55g
- Protein: 2.99g
- Cholesterol: 8.93mg
- Sodium: 28.92mg
- Calcium: 56.71mg
- Potassium: 182.02mg
- Iron: 0.68mg
- Vitamin A: 33.88µg
- Vitamin C: 0.85mg
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