Blackberry Bars

Blackberry Bars

This is such an easy recipe-but it tastes like you spent hours preparing it. It's great for brunch and coffee klatches! This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Prep10 min
Cook25 min
Total35 min
Servings24
Difficultyeasy
Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cupFlour
  • 1 cupBrown Sugar
  • 1 teaspoonSalt
  • 2 cupQuick-cooking oatmeal
  • 1 cupButter
  • 1.5 cupSeedless Blackberry jam,*
  • 0.5 cupPecans, chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 375 .

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and oatmeal. Cut in all but two tablespoons butter. Press 1/2 of flour mixture evenly into a greased 13 x 9-inch pan. Spread jam over batter in pan, then top with remaining flour mixture. Dot with two tablespoons butter and with chopped pecans.

  3. 3

    Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely, then cut into rectangles.

  4. 4

    Variation: Use other types of jam, such as apricot.