Copycat Nutri Grain Bars Food

COPYCAT NUTRI GRAIN BARS

Steps:

• In a large sauce pan over medium-high heat, combine berries, lemon juice and sugar.
• Stir very frequently. As the berries soften, use your spoon to squish them a bit.
• Once mixture comes to a boil, use a thermometer to measure temperature. When the mixture reaches 220 degrees, remove from heat. This will take about 15 minutes.
• Allow filling to cool completely before using for bars.
• In a large bowl or base of stand mixer, stir together almond flour, 1 cup of all purpose flour, corn starch, oats, salt, baking powder and cinnamon.
• Once combined, add melted butter, coconut oil, vanilla, eggs, honey, and 1/4 cup milk. Beat until a soft dough forms, about 3 minutes.
• Form dough into a ball as best you can (the dough is very sticky), and cover in plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for at least two hours.
• Flour a working surface with about 1/4 cup flour (I use a Wilton fondant mat). Using your hands, spread out dough as best as you can. Sprinkle top of dough with extra flour and roll to about 1/8-1/4" thickness.
• Cut dough into 4 inch by 4 inch squares.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Fill bars with about 2 tbsp of filling in the center of each square. Turn two sides of square in toward each other so that it makes a rectangle. Gently squeeze ends of the rectangle together to seal in the filling.
• Place rectangle seem side down on prepared baking sheet.
• Brush tops of bars with remaining milk. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until bars are starting to turn a light golden brown.

MOCK NUTRIGRAIN BARS

Steps:

• Combine cake mix, oatmeal, and melted margarine; cover the bottom of a 9x13" baking pan with half of this mixture and press firmly into place.
• Combine jam and water; spoon evenly over mixture in pan.
• Crumble remaining mixture evenly over jam layer and press lightly into place.
• Bake at 375° for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned on top; cool completely before cutting into bars.

NUTRI-GRAIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Melt butter.
• Combine cake mix and oats in a large bowl; stir in the melted butter until the mixture is crumbly. Measure half of this mixture (about 3 cups) into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan. Press firmly into pan to cover the bottom.
• Combine preserves and water; spoon over crumb mixture in pan, and spread evenly. Cover with remaining crumb mixture. Pat firmly to make top even.
• Bake for 20 minutes; top should be very light brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

ALMOST NUTRA GRAIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Mix all of the above ingredients except the jam into a crumbled texture.
• Divide in two portions. Pat half into an 8 x 8 pan.
• Top with your choice of jam or jelly.
• Crumble the remaining dough over jam evenly.
• Bake for about 30 - 35 minutes until light brown.
• Cool completely and cut into squares.

ALMOST NUTRA GRAIN BARS

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees (oven rack to second-bottom position).
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• In a large bowl combine cake mix, oatmeal, cinnamon and brown sugar; mix with a spatula or a large wooden spoon.
• In a small cup whisk egg with lemon juice and vanilla until combined; add to the crumb mixture along with 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons melted butter.
• Using a large wooden spoon toss to combine then use your fingers to finish the mixing.
• Mix until the mixture clumps together.
• Sprinkle a litle more than half of the crumb mixture into the pan then spread out evenly pressing firmly to cover bottom.
• Spoon the jam carefully over the crust in the pan and spread evenly.
• Cover with remaining crumb mixture over top of the jam then gently pat the mixture down slightly.
• Bake for 20 minutes (the top should be very light brown).
• Cool completely, or semi-freeze before cutting into bars (this will make cutting the bars easier).