Chocolate Raspberry Streusel Squares

Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 45 mins

Servings: 24 squares

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, chilled and cut into pieces
3/4 cup raspberry preserves or jam (about 10 oz.)
1 cup (6 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet
    Chocolate Morsels
1/4 cup chopped almonds (optional)
1/2 cup NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate
    Morsels, melted (optional)

PREHEAT oven to 375°F.

COMBINE flour, oats, sugars, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is crumbly. Reserve 1 cup oat mixture for streusel. Press remaining oat mixture onto bottom of ungreased 8-inch square baking pan.

BAKE for 10 minutes. Transfer to wire rack.

SPREAD preserves evenly over hot crust to within 1/2 inch of edges. Sprinkle evenly with 1 cup morsels. Combine reserved oat mixture and almonds, if desired; sprinkle over morsels, patting gently.

BAKE for 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Drizzle with melted chocolate, if desired. Let chocolate set before cutting into squares. Store tightly covered.

Recipe and photograph courtesy of Nestle and meals.com.