Name: Oatmeal Fruit Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter (softened); 1 cup brown sugar (packed); 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 1/2 cups quick oats; 21 ounce can cherry pie filling

Filled with a can of cherry pie filling baked between layers of a simple oatmeal mixture, our easy Oatmeal Fruit Bars make a great dessert.

Beautiful cherry fruit bar with a golden brown baked oatmeal top and bottom on a small plate with the glass baking dish on a red napkin with white dots.

Reminiscent of Nutrigrain bars, we love the earthy flavor from oats and sweet filling in this super easy recipe that’s also known as old fashioned Fruit Bars and Cherry Oatmeal Bars

A whole grain treat with a sweet flair, these are heartier than our more refined Jam Crumble Cake, but similar to these Oatmeal Thumbprint Cookies. Any flavor of pie filling works fine in this recipe.

Our Oatmeal Fruit Bar recipe only takes ten minutes to whip up. Taking the pictures actually took more time than making the recipe – and those are my favorite kind of desserts to share!

Close up fork in a fruity and earthy oatmeal cherry fill fruit bar.

Ingredients Needed

Quick oats – these are the thinner, further processed oats – not old-fashioned oats.
All-Purpose Flour
Brown Sugar
Butter
Baking Soda
Salt

Ingredients to make Oatmeal Fruit Bars are flour, baking soda, salt, quick oats, butter, brown sugar and a can of cherry pie filling on a wooden counter top.

How To Make Fruit Bars

Blend brown sugar and softened butter together thoroughly.

In a separate dish stir together flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly stir into butter mixture.

Brown sugar and butter beaten in a white mixing bowl until smooth.

Flour and baking powder added to brown sugar and butter mixture.

Add oats and stir until crumbly.

There should be about 4 cups – take half of this mixture and press into the bottom of a 9 x 13″ pan until level.

Quick oats poured on top of a brown sugar and butter crumb mixture in a white bowl.

Base layer of a simple oatmeal mixture patted flat in the bottom of baking dish to make fruit bars.

Spoon that can of beautiful cherry pie filling over the top.

Through testing we learned that pouring in one spot and spreading is not good as it will pull up pieces of the bottom layer. So carefully spoon and having a few spots of the oat mixture showing is fine.

Can of cherry pie filling spooned over top of base layer to make an oatmeal fruit bars recipe.

Oatmeal mixture spooned on top of fruit bars in a glass 9 x 13" pan.

Spread the remaining oat mixture on top and gently press down to level.

Bake the oatmeal fruit bars for about 25 minutes in an oven preheated to 400℉ until the top is lightly golden brown.

Earthly oatmeal sweetened with brown sugar baked with a layer of cherry pie filling in the center and served on a white plate with a fork and the full baking pan in the background.

More Classic Desserts with Cherries

Close up oatmeal cherry bar with the fruit filling oozing out of layers of baked oatmeal on a white plate with a fork behind the bar.

Oatmeal Fruit Bars

Created by Jennifer Osterholt

Servings: bars

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 35

Filled with a can of cherry pie filling baked between layers of a simple oatmeal mixture, our easy Oatmeal Fruit Bars make a great dessert.

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400℉.
In a medium sized bowl mix butter and sugar thoroughly.
3/4 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar
In a small dish stir together flour, salt and baking soda.
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Stir in oats and mix until crumbly.
1 1/2 cups quick oats
Press half of the crumbs (2 cups) into the bottom of a greased 9 x 13" baking pan. Press flat with your fingers.
Spoon pie filling over the oats as evenly as possible and cover with remaining crumbs, gently pat the top to flatten.
21 ounce can cherry pie filling
Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes. Cool and cut into bars, enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 199kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 207mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 274IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg

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