Summer Berry Streusel Bars

Name: Summer Berry Streusel Bars
Yield: Makes 20 bars
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; 1⅔ cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; ¾ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks, plus room-temperature butter for the pan; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1⅔ cups old-fashioned rolled oats; 1½ cups mixed-berry jam; Finely grated zest of 1 small orange

Preparation info

Makes
20
bars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Oakville Grocery The Cookbook

By Weldon Owen

Published 2023

About

Crumbly, buttery berry bars are always a welcome picnic option. For easy transport that also looks elegant, wrap each bar individually in parchment paper, securing it with decorative tape or kitchen string. If you like, use the homemade strawberry jam for these bars.

Ingredients

¾ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks, plus room-temperature butter for the pan
1⅔ cups all-purpose flour

Americas
United States
Dessert
California
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Generously butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.

In a food processor, combine the flour, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and orange zest and pulse briefly to mix. Sprinkle the cold butter over the flour mixture and pulse until coarse crumbs f