Lemon Bar Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (15 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 c. lemon juice
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2/3 c. butter or margarine
1 c. dark brown sugar
1 c. oatmeal

Preparation

Mix milk with lemon juice and rind.
Set aside.
Mix flour, baking powder, salt, butter or margarine, sugar and oatmeal.
Pat mixture in bottom of 9 x 11-inch pan, saving 1/3 mixture for top. Pat firmly.
Pour lemon/condensed milk mixture over cookie mixture.
Pat remaining crumbs on top firmly.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.
Cut into squares when cool.
Decorate with cherry bits. Store in airtight tin in refrigerator.