Sour Cream Raisin Bars
Submitted by Sheila Brennan
Ingredients
2 cups of raisins
1 cup of butter, softened (2 sticks)
1 cup of packed brown sugar
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp. of baking soda
1 3/4 cups of quick cooking oats
1 cup of granulated sugar
2 1/2 tsp. of cornstarch
1 1/2 cups of sour cream
3 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Place raisins in saucepan and cover with water and simmer for 10 minutes
Drain and set aside to cool
Cream butter and brown sugar together, stir in the oats, flour, and baking soda
Press half of the mixture into a greased 9x13 cake pan
Bake for only 7 minutes, then take out of oven
In another saucepan, combine granulated sugar and cornstarch
Stir in sour cream and egg yolks
Over medium heat, cook and stir until the mixture thickens—be a little patient, it takes 5-10 minutes
When it starts to thicken, it seems to do it really fast, remove from heat and stir in the raisins and vanilla
Pour this over the partially baked oat mixture crust
Crumble the remaining half of the oat mixture on top
Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown, then cool and cut into bars or squares
Makes 48 bars or 16 squares