JAM-EASY FRUIT BARS

3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup raspberry jam or preserves
1/3 cup apricot jam or preserves
Powdered Sugar Glaze (recipe follows), if desired

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease rectangular pan, 13 x 9 x 2 inches. Mix butter, sugar, vanilla and egg in medium bowl with spoon. Stir in flour and baking powder until dough forms. Pat dough evenly in pan.

Beginning 3/4 inch from short side of pan, press 1/2-inch-wide groove in dough, using end of wooden spoon. Make 8 more grooves, each 1 1/2 inches apart. Fill every other groove with raspberry jam. Fill remaining grooves with apricot jam.