Crumbled Raspberry Grain Bars

Here's a delicious treat, I love this recipe. The combination of flavours from the raspberries and the grains are incredible. Would love to hear from all of you, after making these treats let me know what your thoughts are. Enjoy!!!
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Crumbled Raspberry Grain Bars

3/4 cup flour
3/4 whole wheat flour
2 cups rolled oats
1 1/2 cups walnuts (I used pecans), chopped
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup + 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup raspberry jam (I used a little more)

Pre heat your oven to 350 F.

Lightly grease a 10x15 inch baking pan, or if you are like me and am a huge fan of parchment paper, then hack off a piece and line the pan.

Measure the flours, oats, nuts, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, butter, and brown sugar into a large mixing bowl. With an electric mixer, combine the ingredients until it comes together like a crumble mixture. (you could also do this in a food processor, but I think it would make the nuts into tiny pieces, which might not be your thing)

Remove about 1/3 of the mixture from the bowl and set aside.

Crack an egg into the remaining oat mixture and blend well. Press it into the pan you had lined with parchment or greased and then put it in the oven for about 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned.

Spread your jam all over the baked crust, right out to the edges. Then sprinkle the reserved oat crumble all over the surface of the bars, covering them evenly. Bake about another 12-15 minutes.

Cool completely before cutting into bars. If you want to make these a special dessert, I recommend serving them with a really good vanilla ice cream.

Makes a good sized pan. The recipe says 15 but I think I'd likely cut them smaller.

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