Chewy Fruit Oatmeal Bars Food

CHEWY FRUIT & OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F degrees.
• In large bowl, combine sugars, yogurt, egg whites, oil, milk, and vanilla; mix well.
• In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; mix well.
• Add to yogurt mixture; mix well.
• Stir in oats and fruit.
• Spread dough onto bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 28-32 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Cut into bars.
• Store tightly covered.

CHEWY OATMEAL SNACK BARS

Steps:

• Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening. Melt butter in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and maple syrup; heat to boiling. Boil 1 minute, stirring frequently; remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla until mixture is smooth.
• Stir remaining ingredients into peanut butter mixture, mixing well. Press evenly in pan. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

CHEWY FRUIT AND OATMEAL BARS (BREAKFAST ON THE GO!)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• In large bowl combine sugars, yogurt,egg whites, oil, milk and vanilla; mix well.
• In medium bowl combine flour baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
• Add dry ingredients to wet mix; mix well.
• Stir in oats and dried fruit.
• Spread dough onto bottom of ungreased 13x9 baking pan.
• Bake 28-32 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Cut into bars.
• Store tightly covered.

CHEWY OATMEAL FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Directions, Oven at 350 degrees, have a baking pan ready.
• Mix the dry ingredients together, add the oil and apple sauce and mix.
• Separate about 2 cups of the mixture. Put the mixture into a pan or two - we used 1 14"x12" pan. You can grease the sides of the pan, but it isn't necessary on the bottom.
• You want to pack the mixture down and have it be about 1/4 inch thick.
• Spread on the preserves and then crumble the remaining dry mixture on the top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• Let cool 10+ minutes and enjoy.
• Oats & whole wheat are good for fiber, the soy adds some protein, and the apple sauce is a good partial substitute for oil/butter, keeping it pretty moist.

FRUITED OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda in large bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Reserve 3/4 cup of crumb mixture; stir in nuts; set aside. Firmly press remaining crumb mixture into ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. CRUMBLE mincemeat into medium saucepan; add sweetened condensed milk. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. DROP by small spoonfuls on top of crust in pan; spread carefully to cover crust. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture; press down lightly. BAKE 40 minutes or until top is golden. Cool on wire rack. Cut into bars.
• Calories 192,Total Fat Grams7.7,Calories From Fat 70,Saturated Fat Grams 4.1,Saturated Fat Grams Pct DailyValue 21,CholesterolMilligrams 18,SodiumMilligrams 125,Sodium Milligrams Pct Daily Value 5,Potassium Milligrams 47,Potassium Milligrams Pct Daily Value 1,Total Carbohydrates Grams 22.8,Total Carbohydrates Grams Pct Daily Value 7,Dietary Fiber Grams 0.8,Dietary Fiber Grams Pct Daily Value 3,Sugars Grams 13.7,Protein Grams 2.1,Protein Grams Pct Daily Value 4,Vitamin A Pct Daily Value 4,Calcium Pct Daily Value 1,Thiamin Pct Daily Value 9,Niacin Pct Daily Value 4,Folate Pct Daily Value 8,Magnesium Pct Daily Value 4,
• **Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data."

CHEWY FRUIT & OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix the sugars, yogurt, egg whites, oil, milk and vanilla; mix well. In medium bowl mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, mix well. Add dry ingredients to yogurt mixture, mix well. Stir in oats and dried fruit.
• Spread dough onto bottom of ungreased 13x9 baking pan.
• Bake 28-32 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. cut into bars. Store tightly covered up to 2 days or freeze.

CHEWY FRUIT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine oats, sugar, oat flour, salt and cinnamon; mix well. Stir in apricots, cherries, coconut, pecans and sunflower kernels; set aside., In another bowl, whisk together honey, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and water. Add the honey mixture to the fruit mixture; mix until crumbly. Pat into a lightly greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on the edges. Cool in pan for 5 minutes., While still warm, cut into bars. Remove bars to a wire rack to cook completely. Wrap bars individually in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container with parchment paper separating layers.

FRUIT-FILLED OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, and baking soda.
• Cut in margarine/butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of the flour mixture.
• Press remaining flour mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 9x9x2 baking pan.
• Spread with desired filling.
• Sprinkle with reserved flour mixture.
• Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes or until the top is golden.
• Cool in pan on wire rack.
• Cut into bars.
• FILLING OPTIONS:.
• ***Following cookbook's 'shortcut' suggestion of substituting 10 oz jar of preserves in place of homemade filling, I used a store-bought, very dense, low-moisture apple butter (like a thick jam). I have also tried it with blueberry preserves but the preserves were too moist--it made the bars sticky not good.***.
• RAISIN FILLING:.
• In medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup water, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch. Add 1 cup raisins. Cook & stir until thickened & bubbly.
• APPLE-CINNAMON FILLING:.
• Peel/core/chop 2 medium apples. In medium saucepan, combine apples, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and a dash of ground cloves. Bring apple mixture to a boil; reduce heat & simmer 8-10 minutes or until apples are very tender.
• APRICOT-COCONUT FILLING:.
• In medium saucepan, combine 1 cup diced dried apricots and 3/4 cup water. Bring apricot mixture to boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Meanwhile, combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon all purpose flour. Stir into apricot mixture. Cook and stir 1 minute more or until mixture is very thick. Stir in 1/2 cup coconut.

BEST OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, mix oil, sugars, egg, water and vanilla.
• In a small bowl, mix rest of ingredients.
• Stir dry mixture into wet mixture just until mixed.
• Pour into 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake for about 25 minutes.

LOW FAT CHEWY FRUIT & OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In Large bowl, combine sugars, yogurt, egg whites, oil, milk, and vanilla; mix well. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; mix well. Add to yogurt mixture; mix well. Stir in oats and fruit.
• Spread dough on bottom of ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Bake 28-32 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into bars.

LOW FAT OATMEAL FRUIT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• In medium bowl, mix together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon.
• In mixing bowl, mix together Splenda, brown sugar, oil, milk, egg whites, vanilla, and yogurt. Blend well.
• Add in flour mixture; stir well.
• Stir in dried fruit and oats.
• Spread into sprayed 13x9 pan.
• Bake at 350°F for 28-32 minutes.