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Apricot Bar Cookies - Recipe

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Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 X 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix together oats, flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda until well combined. In small bowl, whisk oil and 3 tablespoons juice together and pour over oat mixture, blending well until moist and crumbly. Reserve 3/4 cup for topping. Press the remainder evenly into prepared pan. In small bowl, blend jam with remaining 2 tablespoons apple juice. Stir in dried apricots. Spread evenly over crust. Sprinkle reserved crumb mixture over apricots, lightly pressing down with fingers. Bake 35 min. or until golden. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.
 
 
Ingredients
- Canola oil cooking spray
-1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
-1 cup whole wheat flour
-1/3 cup packed brown sugar
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-1/4 teaspoon baking soda
-1/3 cup canola oil
-5 tablespoons apple juice, divided
-1/2 cup apricot jam, preferably fruit-sweetened
-1 package dried apricots, diced (7 ounce package)