Easy Raspberry Oatmeal Snack Bars
Easy raspberry oatmeal snack bars are a perfect snack for kids, delicious for after school. Chewy, with a crisp top, filled with soft raspberry filling. After school snack time can be a precious time to regroup, relax and bond with your kids. Days get so busy with new teachers, new school building, we need time to cuddle on the couch & review the day and plan for tomorrow.
These days with so many processed snack food that should only be for a special treat, I like to have homemade fresh ingredients snacks that I know exactly what is in them.
Your kids are going to love these Raspberry Snack kBars as they are almost like a soft granola bar. Quick & easy to mix up, bake and sit and relax after a long day at school. Make them your own with whatever flavor of preserves that your family likes. We have tied several and raspberry preserves with the seeds is our favorite.
I discovered this recipe when Joey was in elementary school. He was a picky eater and this was one of his favorite while we watched “Arthur” on PBS after school.
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Easy Raspberry Oatmeal Snack Bars
Easy Oatmeal Snack Bar for an after school snack. Simple ingredients all in our pantry, just use every jam or jelly your family likes. On a cool afternoon after school the kids will love these.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
- Category: snack
- Method: baking
Ingredients
- 1 & 1/2 cup of Quick or Regular Oats (I use the Quaker in the round box)
- Spray Oil
- 1 1/2 sticks of Really Cold Butter cut into cubes
- 1 cup Regular Flour
- 1/2 cup Almond Flour
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 regular Jar of Rasberry Jam 12 oz (or any flavor your family likes)
Instructions
- Spray a 13×9 glass baking pan with spray oil, for thicker bars use a smaller pan.
- Preheat the over to 350˚
- Cut the butter into cubes and put in the freezer while you mix the next step
- Mix together the flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Cut in the butter to this mixture with a pastry cutter.
- Divide the mixture in half. Put half in the bottom of your pan. Pat firm to combine.
- Empty the entire jar of Rasberry Jam in dollops over the base.
- With an offset spatula or flat knife, spread the raspberry jam over the bottom layer.
- With your hands cover this raspberry layer with the remaining mixture.
- Bake in a 350˚ oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool. They are too hard to cut if hot or warm.
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Can you sub almond flour with regular flour or whole wheat?
Yes you can. I have been trying to use less wheat flour but I have made them with all white flour
How much oatmeal for the recipe and what type?
It is 1 and 1/2 cups of regular or the quick in the round box. Thank goodness for readers like you that catch these things. I look at the recipe and think everything is there. Thank you for catching this. The post is updated.
Thanks!
These look fabulous. I do have a question though. 1 1/2 what of butter? Cups, sticks, Tbs.? Could you please clarify. I’d like to make these in the next week or two. Thank you!
1 and 1/2 sticks of butter, thank you for catching that mistake. I will get it corrected.
Yum! I would definitely eat these for breakfast. Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday!
These look perfect for an afternoon tea! Happy Fiesta Friday!
Thank you so much!