Raspberry Yogurt Bars GF

Raspberry Yogurt Bars GF

3/4 cup brown sugar
zest of one whole lemon
1 cup 1:1 gf flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 stick butter, cut up in small squares
1 cup gf rolled oats
2 containers fresh raspberries, 6 ounce each container
1 cup Greek yogurt
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons corn starch

In a bowl mix brown sugar and lemon zest, pressing zest into sugar to distribute the lemon oils. Add gf flour, baking powder, salt, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Using a pastry cutter or the back of a large fork Cut butter into flour mixture. Last add rolled oats to mixture, mixing till well distributed, and set aside. Line an 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper. Press crumbled flour mixture into baking dish lined with parchment paper, reserving one cup for crumble topping.

In a separate bowl mix yogurt, sugar, and corn starch together till just mixed. Drop yogurt mixture into flour mixture and spread out till mostly smooth covering the flour mixture. Add raspberries over the top of the yogurt mixture in one well covered layer. Last top with reserved topping crumbled over the top of the raspberries. Bake at 350 F for half an hour. Let cool completely and refrigerate for 2 hours. Next remove the mixture from the baking dish, cut into squares and serve.