Title: Apricot-raisin bars
 Categories: Cookies, Low-fat
      Yield: 24 Bars
 
MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
    1/2 c  Dried apricots, diced
    1/4 c  Raisins
    1/2 c  Apples, peeled and grated
    1/2 c  Reduced-sugar apricot
           -preserves

MMMMM---------------------------CRUST--------------------------------
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
      1 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 c  Oat bran
      2 c  Rolled oats
      1 ts Ground cinnamon
      1 c  Brown sugar
    3/4 c  Reduced-calorie margarine,
           -melted
 
  In a medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients. Stir well.
  
  Make crust: In a large bowl, combine baking soda, flour, oat bran,
  oats, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Stir in melted margarine. Press
  slightly more than half of crust mixture in bottom of a 9- by 13-inch
  pan sprayed with vegetable cooking spray.
  
  Spread on filling. Sprinkle on remaining crust. Bake at 325 degrees
  for 20 minutes. Cut into bars.
  
  Makes 24 bars
  
  Nutritional analysis: Per 2-inch square: 151 calories, 2 grams
  protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fat (26 percent), 124
  milligrams sodium.
  
  FROM Karen Mangum's cookbook "Life's Simple Pleasures: Fine Vegetarian
  Cooking for Sharing and Celebration."