Healthy Jam Oatmeal Bars
Easy recipe for healthy oatmeal jam bars. These chewy make-ahead bars are made with your choice of jam, like strawberry, raspberry, or homemade fruit jam!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 55 mins
- Yield: 9 bars 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 3 cups whole grain flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar*
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 16 Tbsp cold butter, cubed
- 2 ½ cups rolled oats
- 2 cups jam
- 2 tsp cinnamon (optional, depending on the flavor of jam you’re using)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Combine the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and baking soda in the bowl of a stand mixer. Use the paddle attachment to cut in the cubed butter, mixing on low until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
- Add the rolled oats and mix JUST until the oats are combined.
- Measure out 1 ½ cups of this mixture and set it aside.
- Grease a 13″x18″ rimmed baking sheet or line with parchment paper. Press the mixture into the bottom of the pan, pressing down firmly to form a crust.
- Bake for 5 min.
- Remove the crust from the oven and spread the jam evenly over the crust layer.
- Sprinkle the reserved mixture evenly over the jam and press down lightly.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
- Let the bars cool completely on a wire rack before cutting, at least 2 hours. Bars hold their shape exceptionally well if they’re refrigerated.
Notes
*Honey and maple syrup will alter the wet/dry ratio in this recipe, so we need to use granular sugar.
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