Oatmeal Raspberry Bar Cookies Recipes

RASPBERRY OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together oats, cake mix, and melted margarine so that it makes nice clumps and there is no dry mix left. Press 1/2 of the oats mixture evenly into the bottom the prepared pan. In a separate bowl, mix jam with water, and spread over the crust. Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture evenly over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 18 to 23 minutes, or until the top is lightly browned. Cool before cutting into bars.

DELICIOUS RASPBERRY OATMEAL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8 inch square pan, and line with greased foil.
• Combine brown sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, and rolled oats. Rub in the butter using your hands or a pastry blender to form a crumbly mixture. Press 2 cups of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the jam to within 1/4 inch of the edge. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the top, and lightly press it into the jam.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes in preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Allow to cool before cutting into bars.

RASPBERRY OATMEAL CRUMBLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar until smooth.
• Add the vanilla extract, rolled oats, flour, salt, and baking powder and stir to combine. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl occasionally with a rubber spatula.
• Press 3/4 of the oatmeal mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Spread the jam over the bottom layer.
• Crumble the remaining oatmeal mixture over the raspberry jam layer.
• Bake for about 45-50 minutes, or until lightly golden brown and the jam is bubbling. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

RASPBERRY OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan; set aside.
• Combine dry cake mix and oats in large bowl; add melted butter and stir until crumbly.
• Measure half of crumb mixture (about 3 cups) into prepared baking pan.
• Press firmly to cover bottom.
• Combine preserves with water; stir until blended.
• Spread over crumb mixture in pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture over preserves; pat firmly to make top even.
• Bake for 18 to 23 minutes or until top is very light brown.
• cool in pan on wire rack; cut into bars.
• Store in airtight container at room temperature.

OATMEAL RASPBERRY BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 8" sq pan and set aside.
• Mix all the ingredients together except the Jam.
• Press 2 cups of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Spread jam to within 1/4" of the edge.
• Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the top and lightly press it into the jam.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes and allow to cool on rack before cutting into 2x1-1/2" bars.

OATMEAL COCONUT RASPBERRY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Spread 3/4 cup coconut evenly on a baking sheet.
• Toast in middle of oven, stirring once, until golden, about 8 minutes, and then cool.
• Blend together flour, sugars, and salt in food processor.
• Then add butter and blend until a dough begins to form.
• Transfer to a bowl and knead in oats and toasted coconut until well combined.
• Reserve 3/4 cup of dough.
• Press remainder of dough evenly into bottom of a buttered 13x9-inch metal baking pan.
• Spread jam over it.
• Crumble reserved dough evenly over jam.
• Sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup untoasted coconut.
• Bake in middle of oven until golden, 20-25 minutes.
• Cool completely in pan on a rack.
• Loosen from sides of pan with a sharp knife.
• Lift out in one piece and transfer to a cutting board.
• Cut into 24 bars.
• Note: Bars can be made 3 days ahead and kept in an airtight container.

DELICIOUS RASPBERRY OATMEAL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch square pan; line with greased foil.
• Combine flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Rub in butter using your hands or a pastry blender to form a crumbly mixture.
• Press 2 cups oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread jam to within 1/4 inch of the edge. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top; press down lightly into jam.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool before cutting into bars.

DELICIOUS RASPBERRY OATMEAL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Line an 8x8-inch baking dish with aluminum foil. Once lined, spray the inside of the foil lined baking dish with a no-stick cooking spray; set dish aside.
• 2. In a medium size bowl, add the flour, soda and salt. Stir ingredients with a spoon to mix. Now add the brown sugar, oats, and butter. Mix ingredients with a pastry blender, to form a crumbly mixture. (I used a fork to mix the ingredients together thoroughly. It did take at least 5 minutes to blend everything together.)
• 3. Add 2 cups of the oatmeal crumb mixture into the baking pan. Press the crumb mixture down firmly with your hand.
• 4. Spread the preserves to within 1/4 inch from the edge of the pan.
• 5. Sprinkle remaining oatmeal crumb mixture over the preserves. Press the crumb mixture some-what firmly on top the preserves.
• 6. Place pan in a preheated 350 degree oven, and bake bars for 40 minutes.
• 7. Once the bars are baked, allow to cool to room temperature. (I then refrigerate the bars for a couple hours, so they can firm up a bit.)
• 8. Use aluminum foil to lift bar mixture from the pan. Cut bars into 12 squares.
• 9. *Note: I made these bars twice, once using raspberry preserves, and the other using home-cooked strawberry jam, but I found I much preferred the bars with the raspberry preserves. I think these bars would taste great using apricot preserves, or another kind of tart-tasting jam or preserves.