Makes 16 servings
Ingredients:
- Canola oil cooking spray
- 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 5 Tbsp apple juice, divided
- 1/2 cup apricot jam, preferably fruit-sweetened
- 1 package (7 oz.) dried apricots, diced
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.
Nutritional Information (per serving): 162 calories,5 grams total fat (<1 grams saturated fat), 28 grams carbohydrate, 2 grams protein, 2 grams dietary fiber, 63 mg sodium
Reprinted with permission from the American Institute for Cancer Research. Visit them at www.aicr.org/information/recipe