Fruit Bars

This is a recipe I got from my mom. She used to make these for us all the time when we were kids.  She usually made them with some of her homemade raspberry jam.  I made them today with the store-bought stuff since I'm pretty much out of any homemade jams.  Also, I usually double the recipe but again, there are eight of us.

Fruit Bars

1 1/2 cup flour                       

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt                   

1 1/2 cup quick rolled oats

1 cup brown sugar                 

3/4 cup margarine

1 cup jam or preserves, any flavor

Sift together dry ingredients. Add the oats and the sugar. Cut in the margarine to make a bowlful of crumbs. Press half of the crumbs in the bottom of an 8x8 inch pan. Spread the jam over the top and sprinkle on the rest of the crumbs.  Pat them down a little to make a top crust.  Bake at 375F for 35 minutes.  Cool before cutting.

Enjoy!

Korrina

Jello Parfait

This recipe is not all that healthy but you can help it along by using low- or no- fat sour cream and whipped topping.

Anyway, here it is:

Jello Parfait

(Hmm, I should have saved a strawberry to put on top...)

1 sm. Jello (any flavor, I used strawberry)
1 c. sour cream
1 (8 oz.) container whipped topping
1 cup fresh, frozen (thawed) or canned (drained) fruit to match Jello flavor (I used frozen mixed berries)
Mix the Jello packet with the sour cream. Fold in Cool Whip. Layer fruit and Jello mixture in parfait glasses (or fold the fruit into the Jello mixture like I did.)  Chill. Serve cold.

 It's also good with orange Jello with mandarin oranges or mixed berry Jello with huckleberries (if you can get them - we go up in the mountains and pick them).  Try other flavors and comment here to let me know what other flavors are good.  Ooh, maybe lemon Jello and raspberries, for a raspberry lemonade-type flavor?

Enjoy!
Korrina