Mango Bars
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 2/3 cups butter
- 4 cups chopped mangoes
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 cups quick oats
Mango Bars
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on May 31, 2006.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine 2 cups of the flour with 1/2 cup of the sugar.
- Cut in 1 cup of the butter.
- Press into a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
- Bake for 7 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- In a saucepan, combine mangoes, 3/4 cup of the sugar, the 1/3 cup water and lemon juice.
- Cook for about 10 minutes or until mangoes are tender.
- Combine cornstarch and the 3 tablespoons water.
- Stir into mango mixture and cook until thickened.
- Cool slightly.
- Pour over prepared crust.
- Combine oats, the remaining 1/4 cup flour and 1/2 cup sugar.
- Cut in remaining 2/3 cup butter.
- Sprinkle over mango mixture.
- Bake for 50 minutes.
- Cool and cut into bars.
Makes 4 dozen bars.
Estimated Nutrient Analysis per bar:
130 calories, 7 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 65 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, less than 1 g fiber, 9 g sugar, 1 g protein
