so I'm making strawberry oatmeal bars
for the kids to eat tomorrow it's one of
their very favorite desserts
I've got a cup and a half of all-purpose
flour
and a cup and a half of quick oats I
cannot believe how quiet the house is I
love cooking and baking when the house
is quiet like this it's a real luxury
for me and then I'm also gonna add a
good cup of brown sugar packed brown
sugar I want to get as much in there as
I can
and then I also add a teaspoon of baking
powder and about a half a teaspoon of
salt
and then I'm gonna stir this together a
little bit and then I have two sticks of
butter that I've cut into pieces I'm
gonna throw it in and you can use your
fingers and work it in or you can use a
pastry cutter which I prefer just kind
of work it around it's gonna take a
while you basically just need to work it
in until the butter is completely
incorporated with all the dry
ingredients all right this is all nice
and work together now I'm just gonna
press top of this mixture into this
buttered pan this is a really easy
recipe and then just use my fingers to
press the mixture all the way into a
single layer and get it over to the
corners okay got a battle all pressed in
there and now for the strawberry part
I'm using strawberry jam but you can use
apricot jam pretty much any kind of jam
you have in your fridge I'm just gonna
pour this into a single layer you'll
need about 10 to 12 ounces of jam which
is about how much I had left pretty
lucky
and then I'll just spread this over the
first layer you know what I just had an
idea I was looking at my empty jam jar
there and I thought you know tomorrow
we're planning on having a science
experiment involving pond water of all
things but I think I will also teach the
kids about canning and use that as an
opportunity to replenish my jams supply
I think that's the plan
all right got the jam spread out and
then I'm just gonna add the second half
oat flour and butter mixture and then
just carefully press that you don't have
to push too hard cuz you don't want to
disturb what's below just give it a
light Pat to kind of anchor it on there
and that's it now this is gonna bake for
about 30 to 40 minutes in a 350 degree
oven the strawberry oatmeal bars are
done and they look and smell so good I'm
just gonna let these cool on the counter
overnight and then I'll cut them into
squares tomorrow anyone's dessert
Ree's easy Strawberry Oatmeal Bars make a great dessert or lunchbox treat. Get the recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/strawberry-oatmeal-bars-recipe-2040764 Subscribe to our channel to fill up on the latest must-eat recipes, kitchen hacks and content from your favorite Food Network shows. Like Food Network on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoodNetwork Follow Food Network on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoodNetwork Follow Food Network on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodnetwork/ Visit Food Network online: http://www.foodnetwork.com