Cream butter and brown sugar. Combine oats, flour and baking soda. Add to butter/sugar to flour mixture - beat until crumbly. Spread 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 pan. Press down firmly. Put cherry pie filling in a food processor. Process into a puree. Pour the pureed cherries into a small saucepan. Mix cornstarch and white sugar in a small bowl, then add to cherries. Cook over low heat until thick and bubbly. Stir in almond extract. Pour Cherry mixture over oats mixture. Top with remaining oats.
Bake at 350 for about 30-35 minute. Cool completely before cutting onto bars.
Makes 36 bars; 145 calories per bar; 4.7 grams of fat per bar
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