Strawberry Jam Bars

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 cup Sassy & Bold Strawberry Jam

• 1/4 cup rolled oats
  

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Butter a 7 x 11 inch tart pan with a removable bottom, and set aside.

• In the bowl of a food processor, add the flour, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, and vanilla extract.

• Pulse until the ingredients are combined, and continue to pulse until the dough comes together into a single clump.

• Reserve about 1 cup of the shortbread dough for topping the crumble bars, and crumble the rest into your prepared baking pan.

• Press the dough evenly into the bottom of the pan with your fingers.

• Spread the strawberry jam evenly over the dough.

• Mix the reserved dough with the rolled oats, and crumble evenly over the jam layer. Some of the strawberry filling will show through, and that's good.

• Bake for about 35-40 minutes until just starting to turn golden brown on the edges.

• Allow to cool before removing from the pan and slicing. Note: shortbread is quite soft right out of the oven, and will firm up as it cools.