Double Chocolate Oatmeal Bars Food

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease a 9x13 baking pan.
• Cream butter or margarine with both sugars.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Add vanilla and continue mixing.
• Sift together flour soda, baking powder and salt.
• Add to creamed ingredients, mix well.
• Add oats and continue mixing.
• Add 1 cup chocolate chips until well blended.
• With a large spoon, drop six large mounds into prepared baking pan.
• Cut a piece of plastic wrap large enough to cover pan.
• Place plastic wrap over mounds and press with your hand to spread the dough evenly; cover the entire pan with dough.
• Remove plastic wrap.
• Bake at 350° for 15-17 minutes or until light brown--Do not over bake.
• Remove pan from oven and turn off oven.
• Sprinkle the remaining 1 1/2 to 2 cups chocolate chips over the baked bars.
• Return to cooling oven for 30 seconds.
• Remove pan from oven.
• Use a plastic spatula to spread the melted chocolate until it completely covers the bars.
• Place in refrigerator until chocolate is cold and firm.
• Cut into squares.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE-OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Line a 13x9-inch baking pan with foil, letting ends extend about 2 inches above pan.
• Lightly coat with nonstick spray.
• FILLING: Microwave milk and chocolate in a 1-qt glass measure on high until steaming hot.
• Let stand 1 minute until chocolate melts and mixture is well blended and thickened.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Put next 5 ingredients in a large bowl: beat with mixer until fluffy.
• Add flour; beat just until blended.
• Stir in oats (mixture will be crumbly).
• Press 2/3 firmly over bottom of pan.
• Spread evenly with chocolate mixture, then sprinkle with remaining oat mixture and the M&M's.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes until lightly browned on top.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack.
• Lift foil by ends to cutting board.
• Cut into 48 bars.

DARK CHOCOLATE OATMEAL

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the oats, cocoa powder, vanilla and salt and cook, stirring regularly, until thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the honey. Cover and let stand for 2 minutes.
• Top each serving with 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts, half of a sliced banana and 2 tablespoons cherries. Serve immediately.

CHOCOLATE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 inch square baking pan.
• To prepare Filling: In a heavy pot, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter and chocolate chips. Add the evaporated milk and 1/4 cup of the white sugar. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in nuts and cool.
• To prepare cookie base: Cream 1 1/2 cups of the butter and the brown sugar together. Add the vanilla and the egg, and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add the flour, baking soda, and 1 3/4 cups of the oats and blend well.
• Press 2/3 of this mixture into the bottom of the greased pan. Spread the cooled filling on top of the cookie crust.
• Mix the remaining 1/4 cup of oats with the remainder of the cookie base, and crumble over the filling. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Grease a 9-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla extract. Add oats and cook over low heat until combined, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread 1/2 of the oat mixture into the prepared pan.
• Melt chocolate chips with peanut butter in small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth, about 4 minutes. Pour chocolate mixture over oat layer and spread evenly. Crumble remaining oat mixture over chocolate, pressing in gently.
• Cover with plastic wrap and chill until set, 2 to 3 hours or overnight. Bring to room temperature before cutting into bars.

CHOCOLATE-OAT BARS

Steps:

• Heat chocolate chips and milk in 1-quart heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; set aside. Heat oven to 350°. Spray square pan, 8x8x2 or 9x9x2 inches, with cooking spray.
• Mix flour, 1/2 cup oats, the baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl; set aside. Stir brown sugar, oil, vanilla and egg product in medium bowl with fork until smooth; stir into flour mixture until blended. Reserve 1/2 cup dough in small bowl for topping.
• Pat remaining dough in pan (spray fingers with cooking spray or lightly flour if dough is sticky). Spread chocolate mixture over dough. Add 2 tablespoons oats and the butter to reserved dough; mix with pastry blender or fork until crumbly. Drop small spoonfuls of oat mixture evenly over chocolate mixture.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until top is golden and firm. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, mix sugar, butter, yogurt, egg and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until almost no indentation remains when touched. Immediately remove from cookie sheet.