Sometimes, there's a point in the everyday cooking process where you feel like the purpose of it all is to audition and figure out what to keep and replay those hits on rotation. Shh, I just deleted an old crumble bar recipe off of here from 5 years ago, and I am adding this one, instead. Karen DeMasco's crumble bars, via Food + Wine and Genius Recipes via Food52, are the only one's I'll make now.
Jam and Oat Bars
1 cup nuts, coarsely chopped and toasted
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
scant 1/3 cup granulated sugar
scant 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, melted, plus more for greasing the pan
1 cup any preserves
Oven to 350 and line a 9 inch pan with parchment. Stir flour, nuts, oats, sugars, salt and baking soda together, then add butter and stir until clumps form. Pat 2/3 in the pan, spread with jam and top with other 1/3. Bake about 45 until golden. Cool completely and slice!
