{Raspberry Oat Bars}

I am going to be honest, I am not much of a baker.  It's not that I don't like to bake, it's that when I do it doesn't seem to turn out right so I normally just stick to cooking which I really enjoy to do!  When I do want to bake something, I love for it to be an easy recipe and this my friends is really easy and tastes super yummy!!

Raspberry Oat Bars:

1 1/4 cups of quick oats oatmeal

1 1/4 cup of flour

1/2 cup of brown sugar

1 tsp of baking powder

1/4 tsp of salt

1 3/4 STICKS of butter, softened

1 cup of Raspberry Jam or desired flavor

Combine all of your ingredients and mix in the butter until crumbly.  Reserve 1 cup of the crumb mixture.  Place the remaning crumb mixture in the bottom of a 8 x 8 in pan.  Layer with jam and remaining crumb mixture on top.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.  Let cool. 

Serve with either ice cream or cool whip.