Springtime Squares

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 cup quick oats
• 1/3 cup finely chopped nuts
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
• Filling:
• 3 cups cut up rhubarb
• 1 1/4 cups water or orange juice
• 1 (6 ounce) package strawberry Jell-O
• 1 cup sliced strawberries
• 1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. For crust: line a 9-inch square baking pan with foil, extending ends over edges of pan. Grease lightly or spray with non-stick spray. Combine crust ingredients and mix until crumbly. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Bake 10 - 12 minutes or until browned. Cool completely.
Meanwhile, simmer rhubarb in water or orange juice until tender. Pour into a large bowl and immediately stir in Jell-O. Mix until dissolved. Stir in strawberries. Chill about 1 hour, or until slightly thickened. Fold whipped cream into rhubarb mixture. Chill until thickened, but still soft enough to just mound when dropped from a spoon. Spoon into cooled crust. Chill until firm. Cut into squares and top each serving with addiional sweetened whipped cream.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: My Files
Submitted By: Joy Bowers
joybow@mtaonline.net
Springtime Squares