Nutty Oatmeal Apricot Squares

• cooking spray
• 1/2 cup pecan halves
• 1 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• 3/4 cup apricot preserves

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray bottom and sides of an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Pulse pecans in a food processor until coarsely chopped, 3 to 5 times. Add oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; pulse 3 to 4 times.
3. Sprinkle butter cubes over the top of the flour-oat mixture. Pulse until butter is the size of small peas, 3 to 5 times.
4. Spread 1/2 of oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish, pressing down lightly. Spread apricot preserves over oat mixture to 1/4-inch of the edge. Top with remaining oat mixture and press down lightly.
5. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool before cutting.

cooking spray, pecan halves, oldfashioned oats, flour, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, butter, apricot preserves

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/233945/nutty-oatmeal-apricot-squares/ (may not work)