Strawberry Streusel Bars with White Chocolate Drizzle

Crisp oatmeal bars topped with strawberry jam, fresh strawberries, streusel topping and drizzled with white chocolate. A delicious treat that's great for potlucks and serving a large crowd.

Course Desserts & Sweet Treats

Cuisine American

Keyword bars, dessert, strawberry, white chocolate

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 35

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 139

Author Laurie McNamara

Ingredients

2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
¾ cups white sugar
¾ cups brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoons fine salt
1 cup cold unsalted butter cut into small pieces
4 ounces strawberry jam
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 cups strawberries chopped or sliced
3 ounces white chocolate melted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the oats, flour, both sugars, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add the cold butter and work it into the dry ingredients with your fingers or a pastry blender until the mixture looks like small crumbles. Reserve 1 cup of this mixture.
Press the remaining crumb mixture in a 15x10 rimmed baking pan. Bake in your preheated oven for 12-13 minutes or until it is firm to touch. Do not let get overly brown.
Warm the jam in the microwave for 30 seconds (or use a saucepan on your stovetop) and then stir in the lemon zest. Drizzle the warm jam over the warm crust and spread with a spatula.
Spread the chopped strawberries over the crust. Sprinkle on the reserved cup of crumb mixture.
Return pan to 350°F oven and bake for another 20-25 minutes or until the crumbs on top are lightly browned.
Then remove it from the oven and let the pan cool for 1 hour.
Melt the white chocolate in microwave, following directions on package.

Notes

The preserves I used were a bit chunkier and I found that I needed a little extra of it to cover my bars so I added two more heaping tablespoons.

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