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Strawberry Oatmeal Bars Recipe

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This recipe for Strawberry Oatmeal Bars is from Fifty Years in the Kitchen by Marj Moritz, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1-¼ cups all-purpose flour
1-¼ cups quick-cooking oats
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup strawberry preserves
½ cup sweetened shredded coconut
Directions:
Directions:
1. In a bowl, combine first five ingredients. Add butter and vanilla; stir until crumbly. Set aside 1 cup. Press remaining crumb mixture evenly into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Spread preserves over crust. Combine coconut and reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over preserves.
2. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until coconut is lightly browned. Cool.

Yield: 2 dozen.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Their fruity filling and fluffy coconut topping make these bars truly one of a kind. They really dress up my trays of Christmas goodies.

 

 

 

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