Technically Cherry Almond Bars. This recipe is extremely simple. I was startled by the 2 cups of brown sugar but went ahead with it. It is probably possible to cut back on that. I didn't have any almond flavoring. Orange, wintergreen, maple, cinnamon, watermelon, lemon, rootbeer... but no almond. So I used vanilla. It would probably be better with the almond but they are quite tasty the way they are. I ended up using quick oats instead of rolled oats. Again, it worked well but would probably be better with the rolled oats. The dough wasn't very crumbly. It was easy to press into the pan but didn't crumble nicely across the top. I probably should have added some extra oats to it before that step. I did sprinkle some extra almonds on top before baking. When looking for the cherry preserves, I had the choice between an smaller bottle of all fruit or slightly larger bottle of preserves. I think I would go with the slightly larger bottle next time. These have enough jam but would benefit from more. All in all a pretty tasty recipe.
Maybe it's a good thing I won't be able to join you. I'd have a very hard time not gorging myself with all these goodies.
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