Oatmeal Jumble Bars are made with a homemade rhubarb, cranberry and apricot pie filling or you can use your favorite pie filling.
Course Bar, Dessert
Keyword Apricot, bar, cranberry, oatmeal, Rhubarb
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines
Ingredients
3cupsRhubarb Cranberry Apricot Fruit Pie Filling OR 3 cups pie filling of your choice
1 1/2cupsflour
1 1/2cupsrolled oats
1cuppacked brown sugar
1/4teaspoon baking soda
1/4teaspoon salt
1/2teaspoon cinnamon
1cupshortening (such as Crisco)
1teaspoon lemon zest
1/2cupchopped walnuts or pecans
Instructions
Lightly grease 13 x 9 inch baking dish, Preheat oven to 375º
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, rolled oats, packed brown sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Stir in lemon zest and chopped nuts.
Reserve 1 cup of crumb mixture for topping.
Press remaining mixture into the bottom of prepared baking pan. Evenly spread fruit pie filling over top. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake at 375º for 30 to 35 minutes or until top is golden brown and fruit pie filling is bubbly.