BERRY BERRY STREUSEL BARS

      Title: BERRY BERRY STREUSEL BARS
  Categories: Cookies, Bars
       Yield: 16 Bars
  
   1 1/2 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked
            -- (quick or old-fashioned)
   1 1/4 c  All-purpose flour
     1/2 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed
     3/4 c  Margarine or butter; melted
       1 c  Fresh or frozen blueberries
     1/3 c  Raspberry preserves
            -OR- strawberry preserves
       1 ts All-purpose flour
     1/2 ts Grated lemon peel (optional)
  
   Heat oven to 350 F.  Combine oats, flour, brown sugar and margarine;
   mix until crumbly.  Reserve 1 cup for topping; set aside. Press
   remaining oat mixture onto bottom of ungreased 8 or 9-inch square
   baking pan. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool
   slightly. In medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients; mix gently.
   Spread over crust. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture, patting
   gently.  Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until light golden brown.  Cool
   completely; cut into bars. Store tightly covered.
   
   Nutrition Information (1 bar): * Calories 190 * Fat 9 g * Sodium 110
   mg * Dietary Fiber 1 g
   
   Source: Quaker Oats Favorite Cookies Copyright 1994, The Quaker Oats
   Company Reprinted with permission from The Quaker Oats Company
   Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
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