Tomorrow’s Baked Good: Plum Oatmeal bars

Tomorrow’s Baked Good: Plum Oatmeal bars

I have made this recipe many times, with various flavors of fruit preserves. The extra ingredient in the batch to be delivered tomorrow is a tablespoon of hazelnut agave nectar.

I chopped the coconut mixture finely and pressed it firmly onto the fruit-crumb mixture. My hope is that the result will be less crumbly than the last time I made this recipe.

Oatmeal Bars

1 1/4 cups flour

1 1/4 cups oatmeal

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup butter, melted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup preserves

1/2 cup flaked coconut

Combine dry ingredients. Add butter and vanilla; stir until crumbly. Set aside 1 cup of this mixture. Press remaining crumb mixture evenly into an ungreased 9 by 9 inch baking pan. Spread preserves over crust. Combine coconut and reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle over preserves. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until coconut is lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars