Strawberry Streusel Bars

Crisp oatmeal bars topped with strawberry jam, fresh strawberries, streusel topping baked and drizzled with white chocolate. A delicious treat that's great for potlucks and serving a large crowd.

Course Desserts & Sweet Treats

Cuisine American

Keyword bars, dessert, strawberry, white chocolate

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 35

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 322

Author Laurie McNamara

Ingredients

2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
¾ cups white sugar
¾ cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoons fine salt
1 cup cold unsalted butter
6 ounces strawberry jam
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 splash pure vanilla extract
2 cups strawberries quartered (about 10 ounces)
3 ounces white chocolate melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350℉ (or 180℃).
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, both sugars, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the cold butter and work it into the dry ingredients with a pastry blender until the mixture looks like small crumbles. Reserve 1 cup of this mixture and set it aside.
Press the remaining crumb mixture in a 15 x 10 rimmed rimmed baking pan. Bake on the middle rack of your preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until it is firm to touch. Do not let get overly brown.
Meanwhile, add the jam and lemon zest to a small saucepan and heat on low until warm and spreadable. Remove off of the heat and add a splash of vanilla extract. Drizzle the warm jam over the warm crust and spread with a spatula.
Arrange the cut strawberries over the jam covered crust and then sprinkle the reserved crumb mixture over top.
Return the pan to your oven and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until the crumbs on top are lightly browned.
Once baked, remove the pan from the oven and let the bars cool for 1 hour.
Melt the white chocolate in microwave, following directions on package and drizzle over the cooled bars.
Note: I like to cut my bars before drizzling with white chocolate.

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