Easy Strawberry Bars
Sweet strawberries are layered between a buttery oat crumble and baked until golden, then finished with a simple icing for a fruity dessert that's crisp, tender, and perfect with a cup of coffee.
Ingredients
- 2 cups oats
- 1 cup flour
- 1 stick butter melted
- 3 cups cubed fresh strawberries
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon rind
- juice from 1 lemon
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp each vanilla and cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Mix strawberries with 1/2 cup white sugar, lemon rind, lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon vanilla set aside
- In a bowl mix the oats, flour, baking powder, vanilla, butter, cinnamon, walnuts and brown sugar
- Pat crumble mixture in bottom of 8 x 8 pan, lightly greased reserving 2 cups for crumble topping
- Pour strawberry mixture over bottom layer
- Sprinkle remaining crumble mixture over strawberries
- Bake 45 minutes
- Drizzle with simply icing
- Cool before cutting