Strawberry Oat Bars
Featuring a buttery oat crust, a bright lemon-kissed strawberry filling, and a crunchy almond topping, these Strawberry Oat Bars are incredibly easy to make and even harder to stop eating.
Servings 9
Ingredients
Strawberry Filling
- 2 cups chopped fresh strawberries about half-inch pieces
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp cornstarch
- zest of one lemon
Oat Base + Crumble Topping
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and coat a 9x9-inch pan with nonstick cook spray or line with parchment paper.
- For the strawberry filling: In a small mixing bowl stir together the diced strawberries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon zest until strawberries are well-coated. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, oats, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Cut in the butter using a fork or your fingers until you have a crumbly mixture with pea-sized pieces. Save 1 1/4 cups of the crumble crust mixture and set aside.
- Pour the rest of the mixture into the baking pan and press into an even, flat base layer with your hands.
- Pour the strawberries mixture (including the juices) onto the oat base layer in the pan. Spread the strawberry mixture into an even layer.
- Stir the sliced almonds into the reserved crumble mixture and sprinkle evenly over the strawberries.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until crumble crust topping is golden brown and strawberries are set and bubbling.
- Remove from oven and let completely cool in the pan before cutting into squares. You can also place them in the fridge to help cool faster.
