Rhubarb Oat Bars
These Rhubarb Oat Bars are a delicious way to use up fresh rhubarb! With a flavourful oat crust and sweet tangy rhubarb filling, these taste like a rhubarb crumble, but in a bar.
Servings 16 squares
Ingredients
Rhubarb Filling:
- 4 cups chopped rhubarb
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp water
- generous squeeze of lemon juice
Oat Bar:
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/4 cups quick oats
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter melted
Sugar Topping:
- cinnamon + sugar mix
Instructions
Getting ready:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line the bottom and up the sides of a 9 x 9 inch baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
Making the Rhubarb Filling:
- In a saucepan add the chopped rhubarb, sugar, water and lemon juice.
- Simmer on low-medium heat for about 10 minutes. You want the rhubarb soft, but still chunky.
- Set aside.
Making the Oat Bar:
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, oats, sugar and salt together.
- Stir in the melted butter. Mix until combined.
- Measure out 1/2 cup of the oat mixture and set it aside for later.
- Add the remaining oat mixture to your prepared baking pan. Press the mixture firmly and evenly into the bottom the pan.
Putting it all together:
- Spread the cooked rhubarb mixture evenly over the oat crust.
- Sprinkle the 1/2 cup of oat mixture you had set aside, over the top of the rhubarb. You can sprinkle it evenly or randomly over the top.
- Sprinkle the top with cinnamon and sugar.
- Bake for 1 hour, until the top is nice and golden and the rhubarb is bubbling.
- Let cool for at least 2 hours before cutting!