Laura made these for our LIFE group last week, and they were delicious!! Thanks for the recipe, Laura.
Raspberry Oat Bars - submitted by Laura Buhl (from Allrecipes.com)
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1(10 ounce) jar raspberry preserves
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch pan. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Combine the oats, flour, salt and baking powder; stir into the creamed mixture. Press half of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the preserves over the crust. Crumble the remaining crust mixture over the raspberry layer. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
laura said: “I made several changes to this recipe. I substituted in one cup of whole wheat flour, used only 1 cup of jam, and added 2/3 cup chopped dates and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts to the dry mixture. Also, don’t spread the jam all the way to the edges to prevent burning. The recipe says to bake it up to 25 minutes, but I felt even 20 minutes, which I did, verged on burning.”
May 28th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Those sound great! And I love that we can eat them because they don’t have eggs!