Blackberry Oat Crumble Bars are an easy to make dessert that everyone will enjoy. Made with only 8 ingredients and using blackberry preserve these bars are not just tasty, but quick to make.
Blackberry Oat Crumble Bars are so easy to make! Most of the ingredients are likely already in your pantry and all you'll need is to pick up a jar of blackberry preserves. The dessert comes together in just a few minutes and then it only takes 30 minutes to bake them so dessert will be ready in no time!
🥘 Ingredients for this recipe
- all purpose flour
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- old-fashioned oats
- butter
- vanilla extract
- blackberry preserves
- salt
🔪Instructions for this recipe
- First, preheat the oven to 350 and line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
- Then combine flour, salt and oats in one bowl. Melt the butter and mix in both sugars and vanilla. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together.
- Press ¾ of the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Spread the blackberry preserves on top, then crumble the remaining mixture on top of the preserves.
- Finally, bake for 30 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into bars.
Substitutions and Additions
- Salted Butter - skip the ¼ teaspoon of salt and use salted butter in place of unsalted.
- All Purpose Flour - for a healthier take, use half all purpose flour and half whole wheat flour.
- Blackberry Preserves - blackberry not your flavor? No problem, you can switch out any preserves or jam flavor that you like in this recipe.
- Only have fresh berries? Toss them with 1 tablespoon each cornstarch and granulated sugar and layer onto the crust.
- Nuts? Chop up pecans, almonds or walnuts and mix into the crumble mixture for some extra crunch.
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Recipe
Blackberry Oat Crumble Bars
Only 8 ingredients and a little more than 30 minutes and you'll have these delicious blackberry oat crumble bars that everyone is sure to love!
Servings: 16 bars
Calories: 172kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup old fashioned oats
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 8 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 10 oz blackberry preserves
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line an 8x8 baking dish with parchment paper.
- In one bowl combine flour, oats and salt. In a second bowl, melt butter and whisk in granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Combine wet and dry ingredients together.
- Press ¾ of the crumble mixture into the prepared pan. Spread the blackberry preserves on top and then press the remaining ¼ of the crumble on top.
- Bake for 30 minutes, then let cool completely. (Once slightly cooled, refrigerate for 1 hour to speed up cooling time)
- Cut into 16 evenly sized bars.
Notes
Substitutions:
- Replace unsalted butter with salted and remove the ¼ teaspoon of salt.
- Replace blackberry preserves with any other fruit spread of choice. Or to use fresh berries, toss them with 1 tablespoon each cornstarch and sugar and layer on top the crumble. Baking time may need to increase by 5 minutes.
- Substitute half of the all purpose flour with wheat flour for a healthier take.
- Use gluten free flour and oats for a gluten free variety!
- Add in ¼ to ½ cup chopped nuts of your choice to the crumble (walnuts, almonds or pecans)
Nutrition
Serving: 1bar | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 175IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg
Wendy Klik
These are the perfect treat. I, of course, would grab one for breakfast with my coffee because......YUM
Colleen Delawder
Mmmm...what a great quick dessert recipe to have on hand! And, I even have some blackberry preserves right now! YUM!
Stacy
I love the flexibility of this recipe - change the jam, change the flavor! Beautiful bars, Nichole!
Karen @Karen's Kitchen Stories
I think I could make a good excuse for having these for breakfast. They sound delicious.
Rebekah Hills
These would disappear so fast in my house - I love bars like this!
Sue Lau
These would definitely be a hit in my house. Gone in a flash even if no one is stopping by during covid.
Sneha Datar
Wish I could taste one those bars, they look so tempting!
Sid
These look amazing, I love a good fruit bar.
Radha
They are picture perfect and look very tempting. I could have this any time. I would be trying this pretty soon.
Kristen Mentgen Welty
I had foraged dewberries ( a wild variety of blackberry) and wanted an easy recipe to use them. This was a perfect recipe. The bars aren’t too sweet or heavy. The dewberries really came through. It’s a keeper!
NicholeL
That sounds delicious!