Plum-Filled Breakfast Bars

• FOR THE CRUST:
• 3/4 cups Butter, Melted
• 1/2 cups Chopped Walnuts Or Almonds
• 1-1/4 cup Flour
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 1-1/4 cup Rolled Oats
• 3/4 teaspoons Salt
• 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• FOR THE FILLING:
• 1/4 cups Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 2 Tablespoons Flour
• 2 Tablespoons Butter, Melted And Cooled
• 1 whole Lemon, Zest And Juice
• 2 cups Diced Fresh Plums (approximately)

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. For crust, combine butter, nuts, flour, brown sugar, oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda, stirring until crumbly. Reserve about 1 1/2 cups of the crust and set it aside. Press the rest into a greased 9x13 pan.
3. Bake at 350 F for 12-15 minutes, until brown. Remove it from the oven and set aside.
4. In a bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter, lemon zest and juice. Add diced fruit (you can leave the skins on the plums) and toss to coat.
5. Pour fruit filling over baked crust. Top with reserved crust mixture. Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes, until brown. Then remove it from the oven and let it cool completely. Then cut into 24 bars.
6. Adapted from Raspberry Breakfast Bars by Smitten Kitchen.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breakfastbrunch/plum-filled-breakfast-bars/ (may not work)