apricot-raisin bars

FILLING CRUST In a medium bowl, combine all filling ingredients. Stir well. Make crust: In a large bowl, combine baking soda, flour, oat bran, oats, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Stir in melted margarine. Press slightly more than half of crust mixture in bottom of a 9- by 13-inch pan sprayed with vegetable cooking spray. Spread on filling. Sprinkle on remaining crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Cut into bars. Makes 24 bars Nutritional analysis: Per 2-inch square: 151 calories, 2 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams fat (26 percent), 124 milligrams sodium. FROM Karen Mangum's cookbook "Life's Simple Pleasures: Fine Vegetarian Cooking for Sharing and Celebration."