Cheese and Jam Slice

1 & 1/2 cups plain flour

1/2 tspn baking powder

1/2 tspn salt

1 & 1/2 cups rolled oats

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

6 oz butter

4 oz tasty cheddar cheese, grated

3 tabspns apricot jam

Method: Sift flour, baking powder and salt, add next two ingredients. Work in butter till mixture is crumbly. Put half in greased 7" x 11" slab tin. Spread with jam and top with cheese. Press rest of mixture firmly over top. Bake in moderate oven 35-40 mins. Cut into slices whilst hot.

Source: contributed by Bonnie Fletcher in The Embroiderers' Recipe Book. Compiled by members of The Embroiderers' Guild of South Australia Incorporated ([Adelaide], n.d.), p.42.