Cranberry Apple Filled Bars

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup uncooked quick cooking oats
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup cold Land O Lakes Butter
• cut into chunks
• 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cranberry-apple juice
• 2 medium (2 1/2 cups) apples
• peeled
• cored
• chopped
• 2 tablespoons orange marmalade
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda in bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
3. Press two-thirds crust mixture evenly onto bottom of lightly greased 11x7-inch glass baking dish.
4. Bake 10-15 minutes or until puffed.
5. Combine cranberries, sugar, cranberry-apple juice and apples in 2-quart saucepan.
6. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 5-6 minutes or until mixture is thickened.
7. Stir together orange marmalade and cornstarch in bowl.
8. Gradually stir into hot fruit mixture.
9. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, 1-2 minutes or until mixture boils and is thickened.
10. Spread fruit mixture over hot, partially baked crust.
11. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture.
12. Bake 22-25 minutes or until lightly browned.
13. Cool completely.
14. Cut into bars.