Chewy Scotch Squares

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves or 1/3 cup peach preserves or 1/3 cup jam
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked quick-cooking rolled oats
• confectioners' sugar (for dusting)

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 300.
• 2 cover baking sheet with aluminum foil, spray with cooking spray,then turn edge up 1/2" all around; set aside.
• 3 sift flour, baking powder and salt onto sheet of wax paper; set aside.
• 4 melt butter in large saucepan over maderate heat.
• 5 add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• 6 mix in preserves, then oatmeal, then flour mixture.
• 7 spread dough in 6" square in middle of foil on baking sheet, then bake 25-30 minutes.
• 8 dough will spread during baking.
• 9 cool 15 minutes, then dust with confectioner's sugar and cut into squares.
• 10 store in tightly cover container.