This is my attempt at make something like it for her and the rest of the family.
This recipe comes from "Love in the Kitchen" by Wendy Jeub with Cynthia Jeub. This is a well liked cookbook in our house as it is written by a mother of 14 and recipes yield nice sized quantities.
3 cups flour (whole wheat is better- but in a pinch like I was tonight white works fine)
3 cups oats
1 cup butter, melted (I use Earth Balance Natural Shortening- make sure you get the Vegan kind if you are trying to make a non-dairy version!)
1/2 tsp cinnamon + (I used more because I LOVE cinnamon)
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups brown sugar - (I used 3/4 cup because we don't like to use a lot of sugar here- toddlers and lots of sugar do not mix well, especially when they have ADHA and sensory issues!)
3 cups of your favorite jam
Pre-heat oven to 350
Mix all of the ingredients together - except for the jam- and press half of the mixture into a 9x13 pan sprayed with oil. Pour jam over mixture (heat the jam up, just a bit, if it is especially thick- otherwise when spreading it you pull up some of the bottom mixture.)
Spread the rest of the flour mixture on top and press down, but not too hard. Cook for 15-20 minutes. start checking at 15 minutes for jam bubbling around the edges of the pan, once there is a fair amount of bubbling- its done!
Cool and cut into bars.
Well, I must have done something wrong because when the bars finally cooled and I eagerly cut myself one- it was horrible! Crumbly and dry in parts and sticky and gewy in others. WAY to sickly sweet, like eating jam rolled in sugar with some oats along for the ride. Not at all what I was expecting!
I plan on trying it again at a later date, and altering the recipe even more...hopefully with better results!
(don't let this reflect on the book though! I have made many other wonderful dishes from it, this one just didn't turn out so great).
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