Caramel-Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients

• 0.7 cup firmly brown sugar packed
• 1.3 cups flour all-purpose divided
• 0.5 cup butter reduced-calorie
• 1.3 cups quick-cooking oats uncooked
• 0.8 cup syrup fat-free caramel-flavored
• 0.3 cup walnuts finely chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• blender

Directions

1. Combine oats, 1 cup flour, and sugar in a large bowl.
2. Cut in margarine with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Press one-half of oat mixture into bottom of a 9-inch square pan coated with cooking spray.
3. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
4. Remove from oven; sprinkle walnuts over prepared crust.
5. Combine syrup and remaining 1/4 cup flour; stir well.
6. Pour syrup mixture over nuts.
7. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over syrup mixture.
8. Bake at 350 25 to 30 minutes or until golden.
9. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
10. Cut into bars.