Raspberry breakfast bars

I often feel like my kids haven’t had enough for breakfast. I try to offer different things to see if something will click. Here is my latest offer.

Almond Jam Bars (adapted from Sept. 2015 Realsimple)

Ingredients 

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 3/4 cup white whole wheat flour (I like King Arthur flour)
• 1 1/4 cup raw almonds
• 8 tablespoon butter (next time I will try with coconut oil)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup raspberry jam

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Line 8×8 inch baking pan with 2 crisscrosses piece of parchment, leaving an over hange on all sides.
3. In the food processor pulse the oats, flour, and 1 cup almonds until finely ground. Add the butter, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Pulse to combine.
4. Press all but 1/2 cup of mixture into prepared pan.
5. Spread jam over pressed mixture.
6. Coarsely chop the remaining almonds. Scatter the chopped almonds and 1/2 cup remaining mixture on the top.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes
8. Let cool and cut into bars.