Raspberry-Cheese Cookie Bars

Submitted by BLUE ROSE

"Another recipe I found at our fair. This one seemed great to try."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 36 bars

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups quick-cooking oats
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup nuts, chopped
• 3⁄4 cup softened butter
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup raspberry jam
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese

directions

1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix oats, flour, 1 cup sugar, coconut, nuts, butter and brown sugar until crumbly: reserve 1 1/2 cups.
3. Pat remaining crumbly mixture in a greased rectangular pan, 13x9x2.
4. Bake 15 minutes: Cool 5 minutes.
5. Spread with jam.
6. Mix 1/3 cup sugar, egg and cream cheese: pour over jam.
7. Sprinkle with reserved crumbly mixture.
8. Bake until top is golden and brown. About 20 to 25 minutes: Cool.
9. Cut bars into, about 2x1 1/2 inch.

Reviews

[MarlaM]

Made these for one of our Christmas desserts and got great reviews! I sprayed my pan and they did stick and burn a little bit where the jam touched the pan, but the bottoms didn't stick at all and came out really nicely! Very sweet and delicious! Thanks fo posting!

 

[VA3212]

Outstanding! Update - made these again today. Not sure what happened but they totally stuck to the pan. The first time I made them I had no problem. I will definitely grease the pan next time - what a mess I have here.

 

[Gerry]

Bars came out just as in Calee's photo - an absolutely deliciously different bar that I can't wait to serve to family and friends. Made as posted for a lovely addition to the dessert tray. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Starrynews]

Thanks for a tasty recipe! It was pretty easy to make, and the cream cheese mixture was a nice touch.

 

[Calee]

Awesome bars. I found them easy to make. I put the base ingredients in the food processor except the oats and gave them a whirl, then added the oats as I wanted them to be whole. Also did the cream cheese filling in the food processor as well. The addition of the coconut and the nuts ( I used pecans) put this recipe over the top for me. I used homemade seedless raspberry jam, also think that apricot jam or even dates would be nice in this recipe. Thanks Blue Rose for sharing this recipe, made for photo swap.