Apricot Oatmeal Crumb Bars
These bars are super easy to make and really delicious! The apricot jam gives them a summery taste and the buttery crumble accompanies it perfectly!
Yield: 16 bars
Ingredients:
Oatmeal crumble
- 1½ cups flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1½ cups rolled oats
- 1 cup cold butter cut into cubes
Filling
- 1 cup apricot jam
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat your oven at 180°c and rub a 20x30cm pan with butter.
- In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
- Add the butter and bury it completely in the mixture. Break the cubes into smaller pieces, using your fingers or a pastry cutter. Make sure the butter is always covered with a coat of flour and you never touch it dirrectly with your fingers. This will help keeping the butter cool. Stop when your mix feels like cornmeal.
- Add the oats and mix together. Put half of the obtained mixture in the tray and press until firm.
- In a separate bowl, mix the apricot jam with vanilla extract. Add the mixture on top of the base and spread evenly. Crumble the rest of the oats mixture on top, without pressing it.
- Bake for 25 minutes at 180°C or until golden brown. Allow it to cool down completely before cutting the bars and taking them out of the tray.