Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Sugar Plum Bars with Lemon Glaze

1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup butter or margarine (softened)
1/4 cup shortening
2 cups Nature Valley granola (any flavor; slightly crushed)
2 cups Gold Medal flou
1 tsp. salt
1 can (about 30 oz) who purple plums, pitted, cut up and drained
Lemon Glaze (see below)

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease oblong pan, 13x9x2 inches. Mix brown sugar, butter, and shortening. Stir in granola, flour, and salt. Press half of the mixture evenly in bottom of pan. Spread plums evenly over top. Press remaining granola mixture over plums. Bake until light brown, 20-25 minutes. While warm, spread with Lemon Glaze. Cut into bars, about 2x1 1/2 inches. Cool.

Makes 32 bars.

Lemon Glaze:
Heat 2 tbsp. butter or margarine in small saucepan until melted; remove from heat. Stir in 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar and 3 tbsp. Minute Maid 100% pure lemon juice until well blended.

**This recipe comes from the back of a cardboard box-it was perfectly cut out and saved.

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