Name: Fresh Strawberry Bars Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 125 g / 1 stick unsalted butter, melted; 1½ cups/ 225 g plain flour (all purpose flour); 1½ cups / 135 g rolled oats (traditional oats, not quick, instant or steel cut); ½ cup / 110 g brown sugar; ½ tsp baking powder; Pinch of salt; 1 egg; 2/3 cup strawberry jam; 2 cups chopped strawberries (about 375g); 2 tbsp white sugar; 2 tsp cornflour / cornstarch

Bursting with candy, juicy strawberries, these Recent Strawberry Bars have a buttery oat biscuit base and are completed off with a crumbly topping. No mixer and fast to arrange, don’t restrict your self to only strawberries. This Strawberry Bars recipe will work with nearly any fruit!

STRAWBERRY BARS

Is it simply me who has a critical lack of recent strawberry recipes in my arsenal?

I definitely have loads of methods to make use of them recent on and in desserts. Garnishing stacks of pancakes and french toast dripping with maple syrup. Or stuffed inside. Tried these Strawberry Nutella French Toast roll ups but??

Nevertheless, on the subject of utilizing them in cooked kind, I’ve a reasonably restricted choice. These Recent Strawberry Bars are one of many few recipes I’ve.

I believe the reason being that you really need various strawberries to get a correct strawberry flavour inside baked items. So for instance, I wouldn’t use strawberries in loaf muffins like my Blueberry Lemon Loaf. Properly, I’ve, and it didn’t work that effectively. The strawberries go pale and drop water which leaves doughy pockets within the bread.

Or it’s worthwhile to prepare dinner it down with sugar to accentuate the flavour earlier than utilizing it inside one thing, like mini pies. (Oooh YUM!).

This recipe doesn’t require the strawberries to be cooked individually earlier than laying into the bars. All I do is unfold a layer of jam over the bottom (to cease the juices seeping into the bottom) earlier than topping with strawberries tossed with cornflour which thickens the juices whereas it’s baking so it comes out nearly jammy.

And that is what comes out of the oven. See how the juices have bubbled via the crumbly topping and appears moist? It’s not watery, it’s jammy. And really, it’s sort of candied on the perimeters of the bar. <– Fairly probably my favorite bits, besides they get caught in my enamel!

I do know fairly a number of common readers are massive followers of the Best Ever Raspberry Jam Bars! This recipe is a variation of that recipe. The identical combination for the bottom and topping. I’ve simply included the recent strawberries.

I’ve additionally included additional notes within the recipe for how you can make this with all kinds of different fruits. You simply want to regulate the quantity of cornflour relying on the juiciness of the fruit. So for fruit that can be utilized entire like blueberries and raspberries, I’d not use any cornstarch. For juicy fruit that must be chopped, like peaches and apricots, simply add a bit extra.

Oooh – and when that is made with apple, it turns into an apple crumble bar! Properly, with the addition of some spices too.

Wait. I’m feeling the urge to share Apple Crumble Bars. I’m saving that one for a separate publish!

Pleased weekend! In the event you obtained a (mere) spare 12 minutes, make these Recent Strawberry Bars! – Johnsat xx