Raspberry Bars

Manami's Note:

These bar cookies are easy to prepare because they are spread in a pan and baked all at one time. Cool before cutting. This is great for brunch & a warm cup of coffee. It is a very easy recipe and it looks like you spent hours preparing it. Found it on RecipeLand.com.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 cup brown sugar , packed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal
• 1 cup butter
• 1 ½ cups seedless raspberry jam (*)
• ½ cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and oatmeal.
3. Cut in all but 2 Tablespoons butter.
4. Press 1/2 of flour mixture evenly into a greased 13X9" pan.
5. Spread jam over batter in pan, then top with remaining flour mixture.
6. Dot with 2 Tablespoons butter and with chopped pecans.
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
8. Let cool completely, then cut into triangles.
9. *Variation: Use other types of jam such as strawberry, blueberry or apricot.

Reviews

[Beth F.]

These are great! I used your recipe because it had less butter and sugar than some of the others. I made the crumb in my food processor adding regular oatmeal at the last and they turned out super. I also added about 2 Tbsp lemon juice to the jam because another recipe called for that. I will make these again and again and people will be impressed.