Raspberry Oatmeal Bars

Submitted by CharityAnn

"I couldn't keep my hands off these when I was growing up. Raspberry is my favorite jam and cranberry my favorite juice to use for this recipe, but you can use any flavor combination you want or have available."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 236.59 ml quick-cooking rolled oats
• 236.59 ml flour
• 157.80 ml light brown sugar, packed
• 1.23 ml salt (necessary)
• 1.23 ml baking soda
• 59.14 ml vegetable oil
• 59.14 ml cranberry juice
• 295.73 ml raspberry jam

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°F
2. Lightly oil an 8x12 inch baking dish or coat it with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
3. Combine first 5 ingredients in a bowl with fingertips until no lumps of brown sugar remain.
4. Drizzle oil and fruit juice over oats and mix in with fingertips until evenly moistened and crumbly. Set aside half for the topping.
5. Press the remainder evenly in bottom of prepared baking dish.
6. Spread raspberry preserves over top.
7. Sprinkle with reserved oat topping.
8. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until golden. Let cool in baking dish on a rack.
9. Cut into bars and store at room temperature in an airtight container.

Reviews

[wealdrich]

This is so delicious! I didn't have an 8x12 pan so I used 9x13. I used the full recipe for the bottom crust then halved it again for the topping.