These are incredibly easy, and super tasty! Especially for breakfast.
- 1/2 c softened butter
- sploosh of vanilla
- 1 c flour
- -> for wheatless, use millet flour, or barley
- 1 c thick-cut rolled oats
- dash salt
- dash cinnamon
- 3/4 c raspberry jam (You really want to make sure to use really high-quality ingredients for this, since there are so few ingredients. So get the fancy grass-fed butter, and super-extra-high-quality jam. :) )
Soften the butter (I usu just cheat and melt it) and mix in vanilla. Mix together dry ingredients separately, then smoosh in the butter + vanilla mixture until moist and crumbly.
Press 2/3 of the mixture into an 8X8 pan (notice this is small! 9X13 would be too big, so if you don't have a small pan, may want to double the recipe). Spread jam on top, leaving a quarter-inch gap between jam and the edge of the pan. Sprinkle the remaining mixture over the jam, and lightly press (just so it sticks into the jam). Bake 350F for about 30 mins, until browning and jam is bubbly.
It's tempting to eat this with a spoon as soon as it comes out of the oven, but it's best after it's set and cool. Then the jam congeals into bar form, and the squares are chewy. Mmmmmmm!
Update: Lately I've been mixing in shredded coconut, ground flaxseed, and crushed walnuts. EVEN BETTER.
I've heard a little lemon zest in the jam layer is a nice touch, but haven't tried it.. :)
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ReplyDeleteThis looks... eee, so tasty! And I imagine one square wouldn't be an overdose of flour and froot for our fructose-phobic systems. (Problem is, I wouldn't eat just one square! :oP )
I bet I could use these babies to tempt Bert into eating breakfast. He realizes the importance of breakfast and tries to push it down when he can, but it's hard for him.
I think I'll try making them in a pie pan, since I'm fresh out of eight-by-eights. :P
Not mandatory!
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I didn't realize it was inspired by Mr Sparkle, but it totally makes sense. "Can you make it weirder? How about uncanny?"
Hahaha! Joss Whedon is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAaaahahah, love the octopus!
ReplyDeleteJust made a variant of these with crushed walnuts and seeds. Man! They just can't go wrong.
I'd like to add that these are quite flame retardant as well. I don't suggest putting them in the oven and then succumbing to jet lag and letting them cook for 3 hours. But if this happens, don't worry! There's hardly any smoke to set off the smoke detector and the result makes a great shield if you can get it out of the glassware! Kinda like tarmac.
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