3/4 cup + 4 teaspoons margarine
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups old fashioned or quick-cooking oats, uncooked
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup strawberry preserves
1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Heat oven to 400 F. Beat 3/4 cup margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add combined flour, soda and salt; mix well. Stir in oats and nuts.
Reserve 1/2 cup crumb mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture onto bottom of greased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cool. Melt Chips and 4 teaspoon margarine over low heat (or microwave), stirring until smooth. Drizzle over crumb mixture. Refrigerate 1 hour; cut into bars.
Makes 20.