Whole Wheat Blackberry Bars

Whole Wheat Blackberry Bars

Author

Palouse Brand

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

40 minutes

Servings

8

Category

Snack

Ingredients

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 cup multi-purpose flour
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 1/8 tsp salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, chilled
• ¾ cup blackberry jam

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8 inch square pan with tin foil, leaving a 2 inch overhang. Lightly coat with cooking spray.
2. Mix together oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
3. Cut butter into oat mixture using your fingers or pastry blender until a crumbly mixture forms.
4. Press 2 cups of mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan, forming a crust.
5. Spread jam over pressed oat mixture, to within ¼ inch of the edge.
6. Sprinkle remaining crumb evenly over the top and lightly press into jam.
7. Bake until lightly browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 1 hour. Using the foil overhang as handles, lift the cookie bar from the pan. Transfer to a cutting board, discard the foil, and cut into squares.
8. If the delicious aroma is more than you can stand and you can’t wait an hour until the bars are cool, you can serve warm over vanilla ice cream. You won’t have nice bars but gooey scoops of goodness!