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blueberry oatmeal bars (a recipe)


I’ve been watching a lot of the Food Network shows lately — I think Ina and Giada are my new best friends.  I saw Giada make some apricot oat bars one morning and decided to try making a batch using things I had on hand, so here’s my rendition with blueberry jam instead of apricots.  It’s a really simple recipe and I think it would work well with any fruit jam you have in stock.  The key thing is to use old fashioned oats and not the instant stuff; she mentioned on the TV show that the instant stuff won’t hold it’s shape once it’s baked.

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