{"id":2712,"date":"1999-12-04T13:35:49","date_gmt":"1999-12-04T13:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/layered-fruit-bars\/"},"modified":"1999-12-04T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"1999-12-04T13:35:49","slug":"layered-fruit-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/layered-fruit-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Layered Fruit Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"asset-body\">\n<p>1 c. margarine<br \/>\n1 c. firmly packed brown sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n2 c. unsifted all purpose flour<br \/>\nDash salt<br \/>\n1\/2 c. quick rolled oats<br \/>\n Filling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset-more\" id=\"more\">\n<p>Preheat oven to 375. Prepare desired filling (suggestions are listed at the bottom). Set aside. For base &amp; topping, cream margarine, brown sugar &amp; vanilla in large bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until light &amp; fluffy. Mix in flour &amp; salt. Reserve 1\/2 c. mixture. Press remaining mixture evenly in ungreased 13x9x2 pan. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. For topping, combine reserved mixture &amp; rolled oats, mixing until crumbly. Spread desired filling over baked base. Sprinkle topping over filling. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes. Cool. Cut into bars. Refrigerate. Makes 40 bars. Fillings: Lime-Cream Cheese: Beat 8 oz. cream cheese, 2 Tbs. lime juice, 1 egg &amp; 1\/2 c. sugar until smooth. Spread evenly over baked crust. Cherry: Spread 1 can cherry pie filling over baked crust. Pineapple Coconut: Combine two 8 oz. cans cans crushed pineapple, 1\/2 c. sugar &amp; 1 Tb. cornstarch in medium saucepan. Cook on medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Stir in 1\/4 c. chopped pecans, 1\/2 c. flake coconut &amp; 1 tsp. lemon juice. Spread over baked crust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 c. margarine 1 c. firmly packed brown sugar 1\/2 tsp. vanilla 2 c. unsifted all purpose flour Dash salt 1\/2 c. quick rolled oats Filling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveforks.com\/katfood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}