Oatmeal Coconut Raspberry Bars

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 3/4 cup seedless raspberry jam

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 spread 3/4 cup coconut evenly on a baking sheet.
• 3 toast in middle of oven, stirring once, until golden, about 8 minutes, and then cool.
• 4 blend together flour, sugars, and salt in food processor.
• 5 then add butter and blend until a dough begins to form.
• 6 transfer to a bowl and knead in oats and toasted coconut until well combined.
• 7 reserve 3/4 cup of dough.
• 8 press remainder of dough evenly into bottom of a buttered 13x9-inch metal baking pan.
• 9 spread jam over it.
• 10 crumble reserved dough evenly over jam.
• 11 sprinkle with remaining 3/4 cup untoasted coconut.
• 12 bake in middle of oven until golden, 20-25 minutes.
• 13 cool completely in pan on a rack.
• 14 loosen from sides of pan with a sharp knife.
• 15 lift out in one piece and transfer to a cutting board.
• 16 cut into 24 bars.
• 17 note: bars can be made 3 days ahead and kept in an airtight container.