Power Bars
Better that what you buy in the store!
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Ingredients
  1. 3/4 CUP BUTTER OR MARGARINE
  2. 2 CUPS BROWN SUGAR FIRMLY PACKED
  3. 2 CUPS ALL PUPOSE FLOUR
  4. 2 CUPS OLD-FASHIONED OR QUICK-COOKING OATS UNCOOKED
  5. 2 TSP BAKING SODA
  6. 1 21 OZ CAN CHERRY FILLING AND TOPPING
  7. 2 TBSP SUGAR
  8. 1 TBSP CORNSTARCH
  9. 1/2 TSP ALMOND EXTRACT
Instructions
  1. PUT BUTTER AND BROWN SUGAR IN A LARGE MIXING WELL. BEAT WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER ON MEDIUM SPEED 3 TO 4 MINUTES OR UNTIL WELL MIXED. COMBINE FLOUR, OATS AND BAKING SODA. ADD FLOUR MIXTURE TO SUGAR MIXTURE; MIX ON LOW SPEED UNTIL CRUMBLY. SPREAD TWO-THIRDS OF THE OAT MIXTURE INTO THE BOTTOM OF AN UNGREASED 13 × 9 × 2-INCH BAKING PAN. PRESS DOWN TO MAKE A FIRM LAYER.
  2. PURÉE CHERRY FILLING WITH AN ELECTRIC BLENDER OR FOOD PROCESSOR UNTIL SMOOTH. POUR PURÉED CHERRY FILLING INTO A MEDIUM SAUCEPAN. COMBINE GRANULATED SUGAR AND CORNSTARCH; STIR INTO CHERRY FILLING. COOK, STIRRING CONSTANTLY, OVER LOW HEAT UNTIL MIXTURE IS THICK AND BUBBLY. STIR IN ALMOND EXTRACT. POUR CHERRY MIXTURE OVER OAT LAYER; SPREAD EVENLY. TOP WITH REMAINING OAT MIXTURE.
  3. BAKE IN A PREHEATED 350º OVEN 30 TO 35 MINUTES, OR UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN. LET COOL BEFORE CUTTING INTO BARS.
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