You’ll like these STRAWBERRY OATMEAL JAM BARS filled with delicious fruit jam and a crumbly brown sugar and butter oat streusel topping. Perfect to make for a quick breakfast or daytime snack.
A delicious combination of strawberry and honey jam with a double oat and brown sugar, buttery streusel topping.
Crumbly Strawberry Oatmeal jam bars made with a delectable oat crust and topping and filled with Smucker’s® Fruit & Honey Strawberry Fruit Spread. This breakfast bar boasts a superior taste, one that will be enjoyed over and over again. Strawberry and oats make the perfect combination. If you’re looking to take your taste buds to the next level, you will love this recipe!
Oatmeal jam bars are such a timeless classic recipe that can be enjoyed over and over again.
 I have fond memories baking all sorts of breakfast bars with my Nana in the kitchen when I was growing up.  It will forever be a go-to breakfast sweet that pairs great with coffee and tea.  Oatmeal jam bars have stood the test of time.
Breakfast bars are one of the easiest recipes to make. I love a classic breakfast with fruit and warm buttery layers of pecan, brown sugar and oat topping. Of course, kids can help make this recipe as it’s always fun to blend the butter topping together with hands.
This recipe is great to make ahead of the time to eat it throughout the week.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so make it special. My mom has been making this recipe since I was little.  On the weekends, we’d wake up to the smell of this dish in the oven.  As we got older, we all took a part in making something special for weekend breakfasts together.
 Now, it’s become a tradition in my home and it’s something our family looks forward to each week.  Such a classic recipe doesn’t need to change much but we do like to change the jam once in a while.  Right now, we’re loving Smucker’s® Fruit & Honey Strawberry Fruit Spread.  It’s naturally sweetened with honey and is beyond delicious.  Also, Smucker’s® Fruit & Honey Blueberry Lemon Fruit Spread is refreshing, too.  We love to use it around the holidays and in spring.
 Guys, this recipe is incredibly easy to make. This recipe uses a few ingredients and takes just a few minutes to put together.  The rest of the time it bakes in the oven.  Get a pot of coffee on, pour juice, and spend time with the family while they bake.  Fruit and oatmeal bars are a great way to add a new breakfast recipe into the mix.
If you like these Oatmeal Jam Bars, try this my Cranberry Bliss Bars or Strawberry Fig Jam Bars, next. For more dessert bar recipes, try these Strawberries and Cream Bars.
Both these Lemon Bars and Cherry Bars are a hit, too.
Strawberry Oatmeal Jam Bars
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cold butter (cut into pieces)
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups old fashioned oats
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pinch of cinnamon (optional)
- ¼ cup pecans (chopped – optional)
- 9 ounces strawberry honey jam (or any flavor) (Smucker's® Fruit & Honey Strawberry Fruit Spread OR any jam flavor)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 x 9 pan with butter; set aside.
- Slice cold butter into little pieces; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, salt, baking powder and old fashioned oats. Add chopped pecans and cinnamon if using.
- Whisk together until combined. Add sliced butter. Use a pastry blender to blend in the butter OR using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, turn on low and allow mixture to crumb together. Don't over mix the batter, you want the mixture to be crumbly.
- Spread just enough dough mixture on the bottom to cover it and gently press it in.
- Spread Smucker's® Fruit & Honey Strawberry Fruit Spread onto crust then gently press remaining oat topping over the jam.
- Bake in oven for 40-50 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow to cool. Slice and serve.
Nutrition
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of JM Smuckers. The opinions and text are all mine.
22 Comments
Medha ! Whisk & Shout
10/12/2015 at 11:44 amJam bars are the best and I love all the oats in these 🙂 Pinning!
Mark
10/24/2015 at 9:08 pmJessica these oatmeal jam bars look fabulous. I like oats for their moisture. Very nice photographs too. Cheers….Mark
Mary
10/25/2015 at 9:52 amOh, these look like a great breakfast! I love the texture oatmeal brings to things like this.
Jessica Knott
02/16/2016 at 12:18 amWish I had a few of these right now, Thanks, Mary!
Shadi
10/26/2015 at 11:17 amCan totally imagine myself under blankets having these bars with a big cup of tea!
LaKisha Riddick
11/08/2015 at 10:41 pmThese look yummy! I know my kids will love them! I’ll save to Pinterest!
Jessica Knott
11/11/2015 at 7:08 pmThank you!
Ashley
03/05/2020 at 2:46 pmThese are flipping AMAZING. Out of this world good. I used regular Smuckers strawberry preserves. Can’t wait to make some for friends with new babies! I wonder if they freeze well? Maybe individually wrapped when cooled?
Jessica Knott
05/05/2020 at 5:55 pmYes, they freeze well. Flash freeze on a sheet pan for 30 minutes or until just hard then place them in a freezer bag or wrap up however many you’d normally eat over a day or two at a time.
Suzanne
04/06/2020 at 2:55 pmThese look so good! Does it work well with other kinds of jam?
Jessica Knott
05/05/2020 at 5:51 pmYes! Substitute with any store-bought jam or homemade.
Vanessa
04/06/2020 at 2:56 pmThanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
Swankyrecipes
04/20/2022 at 2:31 pm3-5 days.
Nicole B.
05/09/2020 at 1:48 pmPut about 1/3 of the mixture in the bottom otherwise you have a really thick top.
(Could even make this in and 11×7 pan if you don’t have a 9×9)
Pam
05/20/2020 at 8:01 amDo we know the calories?
Jessica Knott
07/04/2020 at 4:02 pmThe post has been updated with the nutrition to reflect it.
Kelly
07/27/2021 at 9:10 amCan’t wait to make! Can you tell me how long they will keep in the fridge?
Emma
10/26/2021 at 9:01 pmThese are super delicious but I’m not a fan of how crumbly they are for my toddler. Is there a secret to make them not so crumbly?
Debra Parker
04/20/2022 at 10:55 amdid you change the amount of butter in this recipe? I printed this exact recipe before and it says 1 and 3/4 cup butter cut into pieces, now it says 3/4 cup. Im a little confused. thank you.
Swankyrecipes
04/20/2022 at 2:23 pmNot to my knowledge
Jillian
05/05/2022 at 2:50 pmShould I use salted or unsalted butter? The recipe does not specify.
Thank you,
Swankyrecipes
05/06/2022 at 8:10 amunsalted, but really either is okay.