Jam Crunch

Name: Jam Crunch
Yield: Makes 64 squares
Ingredients: 1¼ cups flour; ½ cup (1 stick) plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut In-pieces; ¾ cup (generous) black currant, raspberry, or other dark Jam; 2 tablespoons crème de cassis, raspberry liqueur, or brandy; ¾ cup (generous) black currant, raspberry, or other dark Jam; ¾ cup (generous) black currant, raspberry, or other dark Jam; 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar Pinch of salt; 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar Pinch of salt; 1¼ cups regular or quick-cooking oats (not Instant oatmeal); 1¼ cups regular or quick-cooking oats (not Instant oatmeal); ½ cup chopped almonds; 2 tablespoons crème de cassis, raspberry liqueur, or brandy; 2 tablespoons crème de cassis, raspberry liqueur, or brandy

Preparation info

Makes
64
squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookie Lover's Cookie Book

By Richard Sax

Published 1986

About

A layered sandwich of crunchy oat shortbread, with liqueur-spiked jam peeking through in between.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut In-pieces
1¼

Sandwich
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Generously butter an 8-inch square baking pan; set aside.
In a food processor, combine the butter, flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, and salt until crumbly (if you don’t have a processor, cut the ingredients together with two butt