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      Title: Rhubarb-Oatmeal Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
           For crust:
           Nonstick cooking spray
    1/2 c  Chopped nuts
  1 1/2 c  Rolled oats
      1 c  Packed brown sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
  1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 c  Vegetable shortening
    1/4 ts Baking soda
           For filling:
      3 c  Chopped rhubarb
  1 1/2 c  Granulated sugar
      2 tb Cornstarch
    1/4 c  Water
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4/29/96
     Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9-by-13-inch pan with nonstick
  cooking spray. To prepare crust: Combine nuts, oats, brown sugar, salt,
  flour, shortening and baking soda. With a pastry blender or 2 knives held
  scissor-fashion, blend until crumbly. Pat half the mixture into prepared
  pan.
    To prepare the filling: In a saucepan, combine rhubarb, sugar, cornstarch
  and water. Cook until no longer cloudy. Blend in vanilla. Pour filling over
  crust. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top. Bake 20 minutes or until
  lightly browned.    Adapted from "Sharing Our Best"- Community Cookbook.
 
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