Strawberry Chocolate Cookie Bars

I was flipping through my M&M cookbook, looking for a dessert that we had everything to make and stumbled on one called "marvelous cookie bars." It had cherry preserves, which I didn't have, but I made a few subtle changes and substituted homemade strawberry freezer jam and came up with this tasty treat. It just amazes me that I have already made so many different types of desserts, yet there always seem to be more that I have never heard of or tried.

1/2 cup margarine, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup quick or old fashioned oats
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup M&M's

1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup strawberry jam
1/4 cup shredded coconut

1/4 cup M&M's

Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly grease a 9x9" pan. In a large bowl cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Then add dry ingredients: flour, oats, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda and blend into creamed mixture. Stir in 1/4 cup walnuts and 3/4 cup M&Ms.

Reserve 1 cup dough; spread remaining dough into prepared pan. Combine jam, walnuts, and coconut and spread evenly over dough to within 1/2" of edge. Drop reserved dough by rounded teaspoonfuls over strawberry mixture; sprinkle with 1/4 cup M&M's. Bake 25-30 minutes. Cool completely before cutting.