Grandma's Raisin Bars
"A family recipe that really rocks"
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
4-5 dozen
ingredients
-
FILLING
- 2 cups raisins
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 cup cold water
- 1⁄2 cup apple cider
-
DOUGH
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups shortening
- 1 1⁄4 cups brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 1⁄2 cups oatmeal
directions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a 9x15 pan with parchment.
- Filling:.
- Chop sugar and raisins in a food processor.
- Whisk cornstarch in water.
- Add cider.
- Add raisin mixture and mix well.
- Simmer 5 minutes.
- Cool.
- Dough:.
- Mix flour, baking soda and salt.
- Cream shortening and add brown sugar.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture.
- Beat in oats.
- Spread half in pan.
- Top with Filling.
- Spread remaining crumbs on top.
- Bake 30 mins.
- Cool and cut into bars.
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I live in rural central Canada. I love hockey, horses and music. My favorite cookbook is an old handwritten one of my grandmothers.
