Apricot Oat Bars - Wheat Free

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/3 cup almonds, chopped
• 1 1/8 cups oat flour
• 5/8 cup potato starch (not potato flour)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 cups rolled oats
• 12 ounces apricot jam

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. 2

   Put butter in a 9x13-inch baking pan and set in the oven while it preheats; this will melt the butter and grease the pan.

3. 3

   Sift the oat flour, potato starch, soda, cinnamon, and salt into a bowl; stir in the brown sugar, rolled oats, and chopped almonds.

4. 4

   Add the melted butter and mix well.

5. 5

   Press 2/3 of this mixture into the greased pan.

6. 6

   Spread the jam over the crumbs, keeping it away from the sides of the pan as much as possible.

7. 7

   Cover with the remaining crumbs and press down firmly.

8. 8

   Bake for about 45 minutes, until lightly browned.

9. 9

   Cool in the pan before cutting.