Raspberry Streusel Bars

Just sayin’ – best bars ever!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 18 T unsalted butter, cut into 18 pieces and softened
• 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup raspberry jam
• 3/4 cup raspberries
• 1 T lemon juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees; make a foil “sling” for a 13×9 pan by placing 1 piece of foil length-wise and 1 piece width-wise. Each piece should be long enough to have some overhang on each end but should fit within the width/length. Press into corners and up sides of pan.
2. Whisk flour, sugar and salt in the bowl of a mixer. Beat in 16 T of butter, 1 piece at a time until sandy mixture, 60 to 90 seconds. Put 1 1/4 cup in a medium bowl and set aside.
3. Press the remaining mixture into the prepared pan and bake until edges begin to brown, 14-18 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, stir oats and brown sugar into reserved topping mixture. Cut in remaining 2 T butter with either 2 knives or your fingers.
5. In a separate bowl, mash jam, raspberries, and lemon juice until just a few pieces of raspberry remain.
6. Spread the berry mixture over the hot crust, then sprinkle the topping.
7. Bake until bubbling and golden brown, about 22 to 25 minutes.
8. Let cool in pan at least 2 hours, then, using foil sling, lift from pan.
9. Cut into squares and enjoy.