Blackberry Jam Bars

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Title: Blackberry Jam Bars
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 12 servings

1/4 c Plus 3 tb butter or margarin
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Softened
1/2 c Firmly packed brown sugar
1 c All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1 c Quick-cooking oats; uncooked
3/4 c Blackberry jam

Recipe by: Southern Living
Preparation Time: 0:15
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium
speed of an electric mixer. Combine flour, soda, and salt;
add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats. Press
half of mixture into a lightly greased 8-inch square pan.
Top mixture with jam, spreading to within 1/4-inch of edge.
Press remaining crumb mixture firmly on top. Bake at 400
degrees for 30 minutes. Cool and cut into bars. Yield:
about 2 dozen.

MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Cream butter; gradually add sugar,
beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Combine
flour, soda, and salt; add flour mixture to creamed
mixture, mixing well. Stir in oats. Press half of mixture
into a lightly greased 8-inch square baking dish. Shield
corners of dish with triangles of foil, keeping foil smooth
and close to dish. Microwave at MEDIUM (50% power) for 5
to 7 minutes or until firm, rotating dish a quarter-turn at
2-minute intervals. Top with jam, spreading to within
1/4-inch of edge. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly on
top. Microwave, with edges shielded, at MEDIUM for 11 to 13
minutes or until firm, rotating dish a quarter-turn at
2-minute intervals. (Do not overcook; mixture will firm up
as it cools.) Cool and cut into bars.

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