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Jam Bars cut into squares

Jam bars with freshly milled flour with an oat crumb topping

Shortbread crust, sweet jam filling, and an oat crumb topping with an optional almond glaze.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Cooling time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 55 minutes
Servings: 16 bars
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Soft white wheat (see alternatives below) or 280g
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) Softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup Rolled oats
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 1 cup Jam strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, etc.
Almond Glaze (optional)
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp almond extract
  • 1 tbsp milk

Equipment

  • Grain Mill
  • hand mixer
  • 8x8 baking dish

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a 8x8 pan with parchment paper.
  2. Mill your wheat berries.
    2 cups Soft white wheat (see alternatives below)
  3. In a large bowl combine the butter, sugar, salt, both extracts, and use a hand mixer to beat everything together. Add in your flour and mix until combined.
    1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 tsp almond extract
  4. Press 2/3 of the dough firmly into the bottom of the pan. Spread jam over top.
    1 cup Jam
  5. Add 1/2 cup of rolled oats to the remaining mixture and mix. Crumble the remaining dough over the jam.
    1/2 cup Rolled oats
  6. Bake for 35-40 minutes.
  7. Cool on counter for 1 hour then place in the fridge to cool some more. They need to set up before slicing into. Store in Fridge.
Almond Glaze (optional)
  1. Add all the ingredients to a small bowl and mix until smooth. Drizzle over the bars.
    1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1/4 tsp almond extract, 1 tbsp milk

Notes

You can use 2 cups of all purpose flour instead
These are best after being chilled
Store in the fridge
Use your favorite jam in this. If you make homemade jam, one 1/2 pint jam of jam is perfect in these.