Chewy Oatmeal Fruit 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.

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.

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.

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 OATMEAL BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Mix flour, oats and baking soda. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in raisins.
• Press half the crumb mixture onto bottom and slightly up sides of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Top with marshmallows, morsels and remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake 18 to 22 min. or until golden brown. Cool completely before cutting 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.

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.

CHEF JOEY'S OATMEAL, FRUIT & NUT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375'F.
• Lightly spray a 8x8 inch square baking dish with oil.
• Cream the margarine and brown sugar together until well blended.
• Stir in the oats, flour and toasted chopped hazelnuts. Mix well. Remove one cup of this mixture and set aside.
• Press the remaining mixture into the bottom of your prepared pan. Try to get it as even as you can.
• Mix the raisins and preserves well. Spread this mixture on top of the oat mixture leaving a 1 inch border around the edges without any raisin mixture.
• Sprinkle the reserved oat mixture on top of the fruit and press down lightly.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes until the top is golden.
• Cool these for about 10 minutes.
• Then, with a wet, sharp knife cut the squares into 16 pieces. Dip the knife in water every time you cut, this is sticky.
• Let the squares cool and cut again before removing.
• These are delicious warm or cold and would be great with a dollop of non-dairy whipping cream or some vanilla soy ice cream.
• Bon Appetit!

CHEWY HONEY OAT BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325ºF.
• Line 9-inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides; spray with cooking spray.
• Mix all ingredients except honey, eggs and preserves in large bowl. Add honey and eggs; mix well. Press onto bottom of prepared pan.
• Bake 30 min. or until edges are golden brown. Microwave preserves in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 15 sec. or just until melted; brush onto dessert. Cool completely. Use foil handles to remove bars from pan before cutting to serve.

FRUIT, OAT & SEED BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Gently heat the sugar, golden syrup and butter in a pan until the sugar and butter have both melted. Stir the oats, raisins, walnuts, seeds and cranberries into the pan until coated in the butter.
• Spoon half the oaty mix into a traybake tin (23 x 23cm or thereabouts). Scatter the apricots over the top, then top with the remaining oat mix. Pack the mix down well and smooth with the back of a metal spoon. Bake for 35 mins or until dark golden. Leave to cool completely before cutting into 16 bars with a sharp knife.

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.