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Preheat oven to 350F.
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Cream butter with sugars. Add egg and vanilla, and blend well.
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Combine cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and flour. Add this to the wet ingredients and stir until combined.
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Stir in oats, then stir in your dried fruit or chocolate chips, whichever you're adding.
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(If you're trying to make several people in your household happy, like I usually do, then split your dough in half. Add chocolate chips to one half and dried fruit to the other half; or use any combination your crew prefers.)
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Generously butter a 13x9 glass baking dish. Press dough into dish, making it mostly level.
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Bake at 350F for 30 minutes, or until top is lightly browned.
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Cool for about 20 minutes to eat warm, or cool completely to get more perfectly sliced bars. No need to remove them from the pan for cooling.
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You can cut these into 24 bars or 48 squares. (I cut the 13 inch side into 8 sections, and the 9 inch side into 3 sections, giving me 24 bars. Sometimes I'll cut all those bars in half, if I'm trying to be reasonable.)
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*NOTE: If you like your cookie bars very full of stuff, this dough can accommodate double the amount of fruit or chocolate. Go ahead and add 2 cups of chocolate chips if you'd like! Chocolate chips and dried tart cherries are an awesome combination, too (1/2 to 1 cup of each).
