Mincemeat Bars

Mincemeat Bars

Ingredients:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter (1 stick) -- softened
1/4 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:
1 (27 ounce) jar prepared mincemeat (about 3 cups)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or almonds
Powdered sugar
Heat oven to 400º. Grease rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches. Mix brown
sugar, margarine and shortening in large bowl. Stir in flour, oats, salt
and baking soda until crumbly. Press half of the crumbly mixture in pan.
Mix mincemeat and walnuts; spread over layer in pan. Sprinkle with
remaining crumbly mixture; press lightly.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown. While warm, make a diagonal
cut from corner to corner. Continue making cuts parallel to first cut,
spacing them about 1 1/2 inches apart. Repeat, cutting diagonally in
opposite direction. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"42 Bars"
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