Blueberry Oat Bars
December 5, 2010
My mother loves blueberries. She starts nearly every day with a blueberry bagel smothered in blueberry preserves. When I found this simple recipe for blueberry cookies, I was pretty sure I found a new cookie she’d love. Blueberry Oat Bars are the fifth of my 25 Cookies of Christmas.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg blueberry muffin mix
- 1 cup quick oats
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 5 tbsp butter
- ½ cup blueberry preserves
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Grease 8" square pan.
- Rinse and drain blueberries from muffin mix.
- Combine: dry muffin mix, oats, and sugar.
- Cut in butter.
- Reserve 1 1/2 cups of crumb mixture.
- Press the rest on bottom of greased 8 inch square pan.
- Gently fold blueberries into jam, and spoon over crumb mixture in pan.
- Sprinkle the remaining crumbs over jam and press lightly into berry mixture.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Cool completely before cutting into bars.
Variations
- Create Cranberry Orange Oat Bars by substituting cranberry-orange muffin mix and orange marmalade.
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Time Required: 35 minutes |
Servings: 9–12 cookie bars |