Johnny Appleseed Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sifted flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. rolled oats (uncooked)
2/3 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
2 c. peeled apples, thinly sliced
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. shortening, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Mix and sift flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
Add everything else except for the apples and pecans, then beat mixture until smooth (about 2 minutes).
Press 1/2 of dough into bottom of a greased 9-inch square baking pan.
Sprinkle pecans over dough.
Arrange apple slices over pecans.
Roll remaining dough between 2 sheets of waxed paper to form a 9-inch square. Remove top sheet; place over filling.
Remove other sheet.
Press lightly around edges.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 to 30 minutes.
When cool, sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
Cut into bars.