Title: Oatmeal Fruit Bar Cookies
Categories: Diabetic Cookie Snack Fruit
Yield: 24 Bars
| 1 | c | Quick cooking rolled oats |
| 1 | c | Flour |
| 1/2 | ts | Salt |
| 1/2 | ts | Cinnamon |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla |
| | | Artificial sweetener to equal 1/2 cup sugar |
| 1/2 | c | Shortening |
| 2 | c | Drained water-packed canned fruit (save juice) |
| 2 | tb | Reserved fruit juice |
SOURCE: Sugar Free...That's me! by Judith S. Majors, copyright 1978,
ISBN #0-345-28708-8. Formatted into MM by Ursula R. Taylor.
Mix all ingredients except fruit and juice until mixture becomes coarse
crumbs. Add the fruit juice to hold crumbs together. Press 1/2 of the
crumbs into 8 x 8 inch square pan. Top with chopped or mashed fruit. Pat on
remaining crumbs. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Cut into 24 bars when cool.
Makes 24 Bars. 2 Bars = 175 calories, 1/3 Fruit Exchange, 1 Bread
Exchange and 2 Fat Exchanges.