Chewy Red Raspberry Bars

Chewy Red Raspberry Bars

Tags: Bars, Dessert/Sweets, Snack

  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 40 min
  • Ready Time: 90 min
  • Yield: 16 bars

Ingredients

  • Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup rolled oats, quick or old fashioned
  • 1/2 cup Smucker's® Red Raspberry Preserves

Preparation Directions

  • HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch square baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
  • BEAT butter and brown sugar in medium bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in extract. Mix in flour, baking powder and oats until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1/2-cup for topping. Pat remaining crumbs into bottom of prepared pan.
  • SPOON preserves evenly over crumb crust in pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumb topping.
  • BAKE 30 to 40 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Nutritional Information Per Serving

Serving Size (1 bar, 1/16 of recipe), Calories 180 (Calories from Fat 60), Total Fat 6g (Saturated Fat 3.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 15mg, Sodium 75mg, Total Carbohydrate 29g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 20g), Protein 2g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 4%, Iron 4%.

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.