Strawberry Crumble

Rich flaky crust topped with strawberries and a buttery crumble!

Don't you love it when you think something is going to turn out bad, but turns out fine...if not better!  That's exactly what happened with this cake.  I started out making this into bars, however once I put together the ingredients and realized I was out of brown sugar, I knew it wasn't going to turn out the way I wanted.  However, I continued on and actually am very happy with the way it turned out!  I don't want to call it a bar because once I cut into it and took a bite, it started to crumble!  Now it's a Strawberry Crumble that you should eat on a plate instead of your hands ;)  It's easy to prepare and it turned out delicious!

Ingredients are as follows:

2 C flour

2 C powdered sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

1/2 C butter, softened

1/2 C margarine, softened 

2/3 C milk

1 egg yolk

1 tsp. vanilla

2 (12 ounce) bags of frozen strawberries, thawed & drained

1/3 C powdered sugar

1/2 C butter, softened

1 C sugar

3/4 C flour

1 C oatmeal

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease a cookie sheet.

Cream together the flour, powdered sugar, baking soda, butter, and margarine.  Add the milk, egg yolk and vanilla; mix until creamy.

Spread into prepared pan; set aside.

Mix together the strawberries and powdered sugar.

Evenly spread them onto the batter; set aside.

Cream together the butter and sugar then mix in the flour and oatmeal. 

Evenly sprinkle on top of the strawberries and batter.

Bake for 25-30 minutes; until golden brown.  Allow to cool.

Slice, serve and enjoy!