Oatmeal and Coconut Raspberry Bars |
Total Time: 45 Minutes
Makes 24 bars
- 1-1/2 cups Sweetened Coconut Flakes
- 1-1/4 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1-1/2 sticks Unsalted Butter, chilled
- 1-1/2 cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal
- 8-10 ounces Seedless Raspberry Jam
- 1 bag frozen raspberries
- 8 ounces of Cream Cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1/4 cup Milk
Spread out 3/4 cup of the sweetened coconut onto a small un-greased cookie sheet. Place in the center of your oven and toast for 6-8 minutes, tossing it every 2 minutes. Watch carefully. Remove and let cool.
In a large bowl combine the flour, brown sugar and salt. Mix and then cut in the cold butter with a pastry blender. Then add the oats and toasted coconut. With your hands, blend together until large clumps form. Place mixture in a parchment paper lined 13x9 pan. Press down with fingers. Refrigerate until ready to use.
In a small pan; add jam and raspberries. Mash the berries and stir. Heat just until the jam mixture is thinned out. Remove from the heat.
In a large mixing bowl add in the cream cheese and powdered sugar, mix until combined and slowly add the milk. Mix on medium speed until creamy.
Spread the Raspberry mixture over the oatmeal and coconut crust. Then repeat with the cream cheese mixture, and sprinkle with remaining coconut. Place in the 350 degree oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, rotating the pan half way through. Let cool completely. Remove the bars using the parchment paper as handles, cut into bars and serve.
In a large bowl combine the flour, brown sugar and salt. Mix and then cut in the cold butter with a pastry blender. Then add the oats and toasted coconut. With your hands, blend together until large clumps form. Place mixture in a parchment paper lined 13x9 pan. Press down with fingers. Refrigerate until ready to use.
In a small pan; add jam and raspberries. Mash the berries and stir. Heat just until the jam mixture is thinned out. Remove from the heat.
In a large mixing bowl add in the cream cheese and powdered sugar, mix until combined and slowly add the milk. Mix on medium speed until creamy.
Spread the Raspberry mixture over the oatmeal and coconut crust. Then repeat with the cream cheese mixture, and sprinkle with remaining coconut. Place in the 350 degree oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, rotating the pan half way through. Let cool completely. Remove the bars using the parchment paper as handles, cut into bars and serve.
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