Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars
Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars are a treat that I make for my family and they rave about them! A flaky crust on the bottom, a sweet, fruity middle layer, and a crunchy oatmeal and cinnamon layer on the top. You can eat them for breakfast, lunch or dessert.
I enjoy walking out my back door in the summer and picking fresh blackberries from the bushes growing around my house. Sometimes the blackberries get as big as a cork, sweet and juicy and perfect for recipes like this one.
FInding ways to use these fresh blackberries has always been easy. Add them to these crumb bars, breakfast smoothies, and desserts like this one for Mixed Berry Pretzel Salad. We literally eat them for every meal of the day!
If you prefer to remove some of the seeds from the berries, press half or more of the berries through a food mill. This will give you fewer seeds in your Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars.
Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars Recipe
What’s needed:
Crust:
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup cold butter cubed (1 1/2 sticks)
- pinch of salt
Filling:
- 2 cups fresh blackberries or raspberries
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam or raspberry jam
Topping:
- 1/2 cup cold butter cubed (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
How to make Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars?
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. To make the crust, pulse the flour, butter, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Pulse until mixtures resembles coarse sand.
- Put the crust mixture in a 13×9 baking dish and press evenly over the bottom of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
- For the filling, mix the blackberries, sugar, water and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 15 minutes. Use a potato masher to mash the berries and continue stirring often.
- Turn off the heat and add the blackberry jam. Stir until combined. Cool for 10 minutes. Pour over the crust and spread evenly.
- Pulse the ingredients for the topping in the food processor until well combined. Sprinkle the topping over the blackberry filling.
- Bake for another 20 minutes until top is golden brown. Cool completely and cut into bars.
You can make a glaze by mixing one cup of powdered sugar and a splash of milk in a small bowl until smooth. Drizzle it over the Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars for an extra sweet treat. My family loves these bars and so will yours!
For more yummy fruit bars, check out these great recipes:
Blackberry Oatmeal Crumb Bars
Ingredients
Crust:
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup cold butter, unsalted and cubed (1 1/2 sticks)
- pinch salt
Filling:
- 2 cups blackberries, or raspberries
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 cup blackberry jam, or raspberry jam, seedless
Topping:
- 1/2 cup cold butter, unsalted and cubed (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup quick oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. To make the crust, pulse the flour, butter, sugar, and salt in a food processor. Pulse until mixtures resembles coarse sand.
- Put the crust mixture in a 13×9 baking dish and press evenly over the bottom of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees until lightly golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool completely.
- For the filling, mix the blackberries, sugar, water and cornstarch in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 15 minutes. Use a potato masher to mash the berries and continue stirring often.
- Turn off the heat and add the blackberry jam. Stir until combined. Cool for 10 minutes. Pour over the crust and spread evenly.
- Pulse the ingredients for the topping in the food processor until well combined. Sprinkle the topping over the blackberry filling.
- Bake for another 20 minutes until top is golden brown. Cool completely and cut into bars.
- You can make a bit of glaze by mixing a cup of powdered sugar and a splash of milk. Drizzle it over the bars for an extra sweet treat. My family loves these bars and so will yours!