---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Canadian Apple-Oat Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 24 servings
 
           Topping:
    3/4 c  Brown sugar; packed
    1/4 ts Nutmeg; ground
    1/4 c  Flour
    1/4 c  Butter; cold
    1/4 ts Cinnamon; ground
           Base:
  1 1/2 c  Rolled oats
    1/4 ts Salt
      1 c  Flour
    1/2 c  Butter
    1/2 ts Baking powder
      1 c  Brown sugar; packed
    1/2 ts Baking soda
      1    Egg
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
  1 1/2 c  Apple, tart, peeled; chopped
    1/2 ts Nutmeg
      1 c  Walnuts; chopped
    1/2 ts Allspice
           Powdered sugar for dusting
    1/4 ts Ground cloves
 
      DESCRIPTION:  Apples and nuts are baked into the batter of these
  streusel-topped bars.
      Preheat oven to 375.  Butter a 9x13 baking dish. Streusel: In a medium
  bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. Using pastry
  blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Refrigerate.
     Cookie Base: In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, baking powder,
  baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves and salt. In large mixing
  bowl, beat butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in
  egg. Stir in flour mixture 1/2 c at a time, blending after each addition.
  Stir in apple and nuts.
  
      Spread evenly in buttered pan.  Sprinkle top evenly with streusel
  mixture.  Bake 35-40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes
  out clean and cookie begins to pull away from pan sides. Cool in pan on
  rack. Dust lightly with powdered sugar. Cut into 24 bars. Store airtight
  one week, freeze for longer storage. From "The Joy of Cookies."
 
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