Easy Blackberry Crumb Bars
Sweet, Buttery, Soft and slightly crunchy, these Blackberry Crumb Bars are perfect for a healthy-ish snack, breakfast or even dessert. Made with homemade blackberry jam, they are a great combination of cookie like crust, juicy jam filling and soft streusel like crumb.
Servings: 12 bars
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1.5 c all purpose flour or whole wheat pastry flour
- 1.5 c old fashioned oats
- 1 cup brown sugar loosely packed
- ¾ c melted butter unsalted
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ -1 c homemade blackberry jam or store bought jam of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F (175 C). Line an 8-inch square baking dish with parchment paper. Make sure that parchment paper is large enough to cover the bottom and come up, over the sides.
- To make the crust and crumble mixture, add the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder and salt to a mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Pour in the melted butter, and using a sturdy fork, mix it into a crumble-like mixture.
- Press about 2.5 cups of the crumble mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. You can use your hands or bottom of a cup to evenly spread and press the mixture into the baking dish. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Carefully take the baking dish out of the oven and spread the blackberry jam into an even layer on top of the baked crust. Sprinkle the remaining crumble mixture evenly over the filling.
- Bake for another 25 - 30 minutes, until the top is deep golden.
- Remove from the oven, and let cool completely in the pan. After it is cool enough to handle, cut into 12 equal rectangular bars. You can also hold the ends of the parchment paper and lift the whole thing out of the dish onto a chopping board and then cut into bars.
- Store bars in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Notes
Quick cooking oats will not work in this recipe.
If you do not have unsalted butter, you can use salted butter and skip the salt.
The bars can last longer if stored in the refrigerator.
You can use any jam of your liking.