Steel Cut Oatmeal Bar Recipe
Servings: 9 bars
Calories: 427kcal
Ingredients
Strawberry Filling
- 2 cups strawberries frozen or fresh. If fresh, dice up and remove stem.
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 lemon juiced and zested
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch whisked well with 2 tablespoons water
For the Steel Cut Oatmeal Mixture
- 1 cup rolled oats
- ¾ cup steel cut oats
- ½ cup flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and line an 8 x 8 inch square baking dish with parchment paper, making sure to leave some parchment paper hanging out of the sides like handles, to make getting the bars out of the pan easy.
- In a small saucepan, combine the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice and zest and heat to medium heat. Cook strawberry mixture down for about 20 minutes, until the mixture is a bit thicker and the strawberries are tender. You can smash the strawberries with the edge of a wooden spoon to make them into smaller pieces.
- Add the cornstarch slurry (cornstarch + water whisked together) and stir well. Keep on the heat for about 2-3 more minutes to cook the cornstarch and allow the mixture to thicken up. Take off heat and set aside.
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine rolled oats, steel cut oats, flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Then pour in the melted butter and honey. Mix well until all ingredients are combined.
- Pour ⅔ of the oat mixture into the prepared baking dish and spread in an even layer on the bottom of the pan.
- Pour the strawberry mixture on top of the oat mixture in the baking dish and spread into an even layer. Then, top with the rest of the oat mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly and golden brown. Let the oatmeal bars cool completely before cutting into them!
Notes
Allow the bars to cool to room temperature or pop them in the fridge to cool prior to cutting and serving.