White Chocolate Raspberry-Oatmeal Bars

 

Recipe From: Dot


Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cup ~ Old fashioned rolled oats
1 Cup ~ All purpose flour
1/2 tsp. ~ Baking powder
1/2 tsp. ~ Salt
1/2 cup ~ Butter (at room temperature)
1 cup ~ Sugar
1/2 tsp. ~ Vanilla
1/2 cup ~ Cranberry-raspberry applesauce
1/2 cup ~ Seedless raspberry preserves (or another flavor you want)
1 TBS. ~ Lemon juice
2 TBS. ~ White chocolate chips, melted
3 TBS. ~ Water


Directions:
~ Preheat oven to 375

~ Line 8" square pan with foil, coat with cooking spray

~ Combine oats, flour, baking powder and salt

~ On high speed, beat butter, sugar, 3TBS. water, and vanilla until fluffy

~ On low speed, beat in oat mixture

~ Reserve 1 cup dough

~ Press evenly press remaining dough into bottom of pan

~ Combine applesauce, preserves and lemon juice. Spread over dough in pan, leaving 1/2" border

~ Crumble reserved dough over top.

~ Bake 1 hour, 5 minutes or until lightly browned and set. Cool completely in pan, remove from foil and drizzle with white chocolate.