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      Title: Blackberry Jam Bars
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 12 servings
 
    1/4 c  Plus 3 tb butter or margarin
           -e
           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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