BLUE RIDGE BLACKBERRY LEMON BARS

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Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 45m

Yield 25-30 bars

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 cups oats, either quick or old-fashioned (uncooked)
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup lightly toasted walnuts*, chopped
1 1/2 tsps. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsps. fresh lemon juice
1 cup butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's® Seedless Blackberry Jam
Powdered sugar, if desired

Steps:

  • HEAT oven to 325 degrees F. Toss together in a large mixing bowl oats, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon peel and salt until well blended.
  • SPRINKLE mixture with lemon juice, then with a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter pieces until mixture is crumbly.
  • SPRAY 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. Reserve 2 cups of the oat mixture, then sprinkle remainder in pan, pressing with fingers to form a crust
  • BAKE 10 minutes, or until set. Let cool slightly, then spread blackberry jam evenly over crust. Sprinkle evenly with reserved oat mixture, pressing down gently.
  • RETURN to oven; bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.
  • *To toast nuts: Place walnuts in dry nonstick skillet; cook over medium heat, shaking pan until nuts are lightly browned.

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