My aunt gave me the original recipe for these bars, I made a couple tweaks and now have these delicious, summery bars that can be made year round! Any kind of strawberry jam will work. I used Danish Orchards because it isn’t too sweet. These can be made either with fresh strawberry slices if they are in season, or you can use thawed frozen strawberries which also turn out great. These should be made in an 8×8 pan because it’s not quite enough to fill a 13×9.
Strawberry Crumble Bars
1 ¼ cup 1-1 Flour
1 ¼ cup GF oats
½ cup sugar
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
¾ cup butter, melted
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup strawberry jam (Danish Orchard)
1 ¼ cup sliced strawberries or thawed frozen
½ cup minced coconut
In a bowl combine first 5 ingredients. Add butter and vanilla, stir until crumbly. Set aside 1 cup. Press remaining crumb mixture evenly into an ungreased 8×8” pan. Spread jam over crust then layer sliced strawberries over jam.
Combine coconut and reserved crumb mixture then sprinkle over jam layer.
Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Cool in refrigerator otherwise bars will be mushy when cut.
