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12/05/2014|  
|  | OATMEAL BARS |  |  |  | 
| We got this recipe from Marietta Robbins |  |  | 
| Ingredients: |  | 2 sticks butter, softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar
 1 teaspoon vanilla
 1 teaspoon baking soda
 1/2 teaspoon salt
 1.5 cups dried apricots, diced
 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
 | 1/2 cup black walnuts, chopped 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
 2 eggs
 1.5 cups flour
 1 teaspoon cinnamon
 3 cups Quaker Oats (quick or old fashioned)
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| Procedures: |  | Beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
 Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and mix well.
 Stir in oats, apricots, and nuts; mix well.
 Bake 30 minutes at 350o in an ungreased 13 x 9 metal baking pan.
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| Notes: |  | 
| 2009-08-13: | Lyd started a batch. We didn't have enough pecans [1 cup], so we combined the 
1/2 cup we did have with a like amount of black walnuts. Next time, Lyd wants to 
try dates instead of apricots. |  |  |  |  |  |