Chewy Cherry Bars

Ingredients:

•	Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
•	1/2 cup butter, softened
•	1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
•	1/2 teaspoon almond or vanilla extract
•	1 cup Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
•	1 teaspoon baking powder
•	1 cup rolled oats, quick or old fashioned
•	1/2 cup Smucker's® Cherry Preserves

Directions:

1	HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch square baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.
2	BEAT butter and brown sugar in medium bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in extract. Mix in flour, baking powder and oats until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1/2-cup for topping. Pat remaining crumbs into bottom of prepared pan.
3	SPOON preserves evenly over crumb crust in pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumb topping.
4	BAKE 30 to 40 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack. Cut into bars.