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Total:: 45 min
Prep:: 10 min
Cook:: 35 min

Yield:: 25-30 bars

Ingredients

2 cups oats, either quick or old-fashioned (uncooked)
2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup lightly toasted walnuts*, chopped
1 1/2 tsps. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbsps. fresh lemon juice
1 cup butter, chilled, cut into small pieces
Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's® Seedless Blackberry Jam
Powdered sugar, if desired

Directions

HEAT oven to 325 degrees F. Toss together in a large mixing bowl oats, flour, brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon peel and salt until well blended.

SPRINKLE mixture with lemon juice, then with a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter pieces until mixture is crumbly.

SPRAY 13 x 9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray. Reserve 2 cups of the oat mixture, then sprinkle remainder in pan, pressing with fingers to form a crust

BAKE 10 minutes, or until set. Let cool slightly, then spread blackberry jam evenly over crust. Sprinkle evenly with reserved oat mixture, pressing down gently.

RETURN to oven; bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown.

*To toast nuts: Place walnuts in dry nonstick skillet; cook over medium heat, shaking pan until nuts are lightly browned.

My Private Notes

Name: Blue Ridge Blackberry Lemon Bars
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H35M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H45M0.000S
Yield: 25-30 bars
Ingredients: 2 cups oats, either quick or old-fashioned (uncooked); 2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour; 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar, firmly packed; 1 cup lightly toasted walnuts*, chopped; 1 1/2 tsps. ground cinnamon; 1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg; 1 tsp. grated lemon peel; 1/2 tsp. salt; 2 tbsps. fresh lemon juice; 1 cup butter, chilled, cut into small pieces; Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray; 1 (12 oz.) jar Smucker's® Seedless Blackberry Jam; Powdered sugar, if desired