Oatmeal And Jam Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup margarine, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 1/2 cups rolled oats (regular oatmeal, not instant)
1/2 cup chopped almonds (optional)
1 1/2 cups jam (your choice of flavor) or 1 1/2 cups preserves (your choice of flavor)

Preparation

Preheat over to 350.
Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
In a large mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar.
Add remaining ingredients except for jam and mix well.
Pat three-fourths of dough into bottom of pan.
Spread jam evenly over top of dough.
Crumble remaining dough over jam.
Bake 30 minutes. Cool in pan, then cut onto 2 inch squares.