Fruit Filled Granola Bars

• 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 8 -10 ounces pureed fruit spread, of your choice containing only fruit (my favorite is Raspberry)
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

1. Combine in Mixing bowl the oats, flour, baking soda and brown sugar.
2. Cut in margarine until it looks like coarse crumbs.
3. Reserving 1/4 cup of mixture for top, press remainder of mixture firmly and evenly into bottom of an ungreased 9X9 pan.
4. Spread pureed fruit onto top of oatmeal mixture.
5. Sprinkle reserved 1/4 cup of oatmeal mixture onto top, following it with a sprinkling of all of the nuts.
6. Press mixture very lightly to make sure all of the nuts are'committed' but not so hard that the fruit all squishes to the top.
7. Bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for approximately 30 minutes or until top is golden.
8. Cool in the pan.
9. Cut into bars.
10. Makes 20-25 bars.

oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, margarine, fruit spread, pecans, almonds, walnuts

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fruit-filled-granola-bars-92695 (may not work)