Jam-Easy Fruit Bars

Jam-Easy Fruit Bars
Betty Crocker

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 t vanilla
1 egg
2 cups flour
½ t baking powder
½ cup favorite jam or preserves
Powdered sugar, if desired


Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom & sides of 9x13 pan with shortening. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and egg in medium bowl with spoon. Stir in flour and baking powder until dough forms. Pat dough evenly in pan.

Beginning ¾ inch from short side of pan, press ½ inch wide and ¼ inch deep groove in dough, using end of wooden spoon. Make 8 more grooves, each 1½ inches apart. Fill each groove with slightly less than 1 T jam.

*or just do your best…I only had 6 grooves :) and I can’t say they were exactly ½ inch wide or ¼ inch deep. I would put more jam on next time…mine seems to have disappeared

Bake 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.