Easy Cherry Oat Crumble Bars are an easy and tasty treat! A shortbread crust, topped with cherry preserves and an oat crumble makes for a delicious snack bar.
These are great to make with the kids and perfect for an after school snack. A great addition to any brunch or lunch gathering also.
For this recipe, I use a cherry preserve. Whether homemade or store-bought preserves, these are a delicious oat crumble bar.
Feel free to use the recipe and change up your preserves. These are great for any fruit preserve. They are a great sweet treat without being too filling! Just the perfect amount of sweetness. I use an oat crumble topping. Again, you can vary the topping by adding nuts and can even change up the sugar with coconut sugar or turbinado sugar.
These oat bars are perfect for a take-along to potluck and BBQs. They travel very well and are always a hit with kids and adults. I usually make a batch for our brunch and lunch gatherings. They are a huge requested treat from my kids! They are one of the first snacks my daughter made by herself. She is quite the baker on her own too.
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Easy Cherry Oat Crumble Bars
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Equipment Needed:
Ingredients
Cookie Crust
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- ⅓ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Oat Crumble Topping
- ½ cup rolled oats
- ½ cup all-purpse flour
- 2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 4 Tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Filling
- 1 cup cherry preserves
Instructions
To make the crust
- Preheat oven to 350°F, have an 8 inch, ungreased square baking pan ready.
- For the crust, in a medium bowl, cream together the butter and confectioners sugar until well blended. With floured fingers, cut the flour into the butter mixture until crumbly. With your hands, press the crust into the baking pan. Bake for about 10-12 minutes so the crust is set but not completely cooked. Set aside to cool.
To make the topping
- In a medium bowl, combine the rolled oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the butter with either your fingers or a pastry blender.
To complete the bars
- Top the cooled crust completely with the cherry preserves. Top the preserves with the oat crumble topping. Return to the 350 degree oven and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven. Let cool slightly. Finish cooling on a wire cooling rack.
- Slice the bars into 12 equal slices. Top with either whip cream, frozen yogurt, ice cream, ormore confectionary sugar if desired.
NOTES
- Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actually dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
- Let these cool completely before cutting to allow the bars to settle.
