I made these for birthday break at school, and lots of people liked them, so I am posting the recipe here.

Blackberry Bars

Good warm or at room temp.  We took them camping and they held together pretty well.

Cook Time: 50 min

Prep Time: 10-15 min

Dough:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter melted

Filling:

• 2 cups fresh or frozen blackberries (frozen mixed berries work)
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons water (cut in half if using frozen berries)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

In mixing bowl stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and soda.

Stir in melted butter until thoroughly combined.

Set aside 1 cup of this oat mixture for topping.

Press remaining oat mixture into an un-greased 8×8 square baking pan. (round cake pan works too)

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

While it bakes, prepare the Filling: In a medium saucepan combine berries, sugar, water, juice and cinnamon.

Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 8 minutes.

Stir frequently then remove from heat.

Carefully spread filling on top of baked crust.

Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture.

Lightly press oat mixture into filling.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

Cool in pan on a wire rack then cut into bars.

Modified from a recipe on http://www.grouprecipes.com/