Pomegranate & Strawberry Oatmeal Bars

I'm so happy that Ree Drummond (The "Pioneer Woman") has her own cooking show on the Food Network! I've been such a big fan of her recipes ever since I got introduced to her food blog about a year ago by my friend. Her blog has so many easy, tasty recipes with useful step-by-step pictures to make cooking possible for any person. What I also like about her recipes is its simplicity; She incorporates ingredients that you can find in your own kitchen with techniques that you've probably learned in your introductory Home Ec class. In other words, you can make tasty food with little skill by using her recipes.

Today, I made Pomegranate & Strawberry Oatmeal Bars. It was supposed to only be Pomegranate, but I only had a little bit left in the jar so I ended up using a bit of Strawberry jam to help stretch out the Pomegranate jelly. Some tips I leave to you (if you decide to do this yourself):

• Use softened butter when you're cutting your butter into your mixture, but make sure the butter is still cold, too. 
• Use 2 knives to cut the butter into the mixture if you don't have a pastry blender. 
• Don't fret when the preserves/jam start to bubble through some parts of your oatmeal topping...that's normal!

Honestly, you won't go back to eating those Quaker Oatmeal Chewy bars after trying one of these bad boys. After all, things taste 10 times better if you make it.

Recipe Here

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