Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, peach oatmeal bars. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Peach Oatmeal Bars Fresh peaches are baked into these chewy Peach Oatmeal Bars for a perfect snack on a fun summer afternoon! Peaches are still perfect and plentiful so I'm taking full advantage of the season and baking with them as much as possible. These Better for you Peach Oatmeal Bars are so simple to make.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook peach oatmeal bars using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Peach Oatmeal Bars:

1. Prepare Crust:
2. Prepare 3/4 cup all purpose flour
3. Prepare 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
4. Get 1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
5. Make ready 1/2 cup brown sugar
6. Take 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
7. Take 1/2 tsp. baking soda
8. Make ready 1/4 tsp. salt
9. Get 7 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
10. Get Peach Jam Layer:
11. Take 2 peaches, peeled and sliced into chunks
12. Make ready Juice from 1/2 lemon
13. Prepare 2-3 tbsp. granulated sugar, depending how sweet your peaches are
14. Prepare Scant 1/4 cup water
15. Make ready 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Cut into squares, Serve warm or cold. In a medium bowl, stir together peaches, lemon juice, sugar, and cornstarch. Cut the oatmeal into bars and then wrap individually in plastic wrap and place in a freezer bag. Alternatively you can freeze the bars on a baking sheet and once solid transfer to a freezer bag or safe container.

Steps to make Peach Oatmeal Bars:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8" baking pan with a strip of parchment paper that hangs out over the ends. Set this aside.
2. Place the peaches into a small pot with the lemon juice, sugar and water over medium-high heat. Once it comes to a simmer, reduce the heat and let it cook, stirring occasionally, until it's reduced down and thickened slightly. Then remove the pan from the heat, stir in the vanilla extract and set it aside.
3. In a large bowl, stir together both of the flours, oats, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Then pour in the melted butter and stir until everything is moistened and incorporated. The mix should hold its shape if you squeeze some of it in your palm. Pour out 3/4 of the oat mix into the prepared baking pan and use your hands to flatten it out evenly and pack it down tightly.
4. Spread the peach mixture evenly over the bottom crust layer. Then sprinkle the rest of the dry mix evenly over the top. Bake uncovered for 20-25 minutes, until the top is golden brown. Then let it cool completely before slicing into bars and serving.

Thaw at room temperature or in the fridge. These oatmeal peach bars are delicious and so easy to make! You'll need the same top for the crust and the topping. They are crunchy, soft and slightly chewy bars. In another bowl, whisk egg and vanilla until blended; add to flour mixture, stirring with a fork until crumbly.

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