Ingredients

1 C. quick cooking rolled oats
1 C. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
artificial sweetener to equal 1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. shortening
2 C. fruit, canned, drained, water packed (save juice)
2 Tbsp. reserved fruit juice

Cooking Instructions

Mix all ingredients, except fruit and juice, until mixture becomes coarse crumbs. Add the fruit juice to hold crumbs together. Press 1/2 of the crumbs into an 8 by 8 inch square pan. Top with chopped or mashed fruit. Pat on remaining crumbs. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 30 minutes. Cut bars when cool.
 
 
"But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" (Matthew 4:4)