Peanut Butter And Apricot Oatmeal Crumble Bars Food

NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine peanut butter and honey. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted and blended. Remove from heat; stir in oats. Spread into a greased 9-in. square pan; press lightly. Cool to room temperature; cover and chill for 1 hour.

PEANUT BUTTER AND APRICOT OATMEAL CRUMBLE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line an 8x8-inch (2 L) baking pan with parchment paper. Place apricots and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer, cover, stirring occasionally until apricots have absorbed water, about 7 minutes. Stir in jam. Remove from heat, then puree in a food processor. It doesn't need to be perfectly smooth.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir oats with flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in peanut butter. Mixture should be clumpy and will not be smooth. Using your fingers, work in butter until mixture is crumbly. Place slightly more than half the mixture, about 1 3/4 cups (425 mL), onto the parchment paper in the pan. Press firmly to form a single layer. Top with apricot mixture then gently spread to cover.
• Toss peanuts into remaining oat mixture, keeping the crumble as best you can. Crumble evenly over apricot mixture. Bake in centre of preheated oven 30 to 35 minutes, or until golden. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

APRICOT OAT BARS

Steps:

• Put an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 by 13 by 2-inch metal baking dish with vegetable oil cooking spray. Line the bottom and sides of the pan with parchment paper. Spray the parchment paper with vegetable oil cooking spray and set aside.
• Filling: In a small bowl, mix together the jam and the apricots. Set aside.
• Crust: In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Stir in the oats and walnuts. Add the butter, egg and vanilla and stir until incorporated.
• Using a fork or clean fingers, lightly press half of the crust mixture onto the bottom of the prepared pan. Using a spatula, spread the filling over the crust leaving a 1/2-inch border around the edge of the pan. Cover the filling with the remaining crust mixture and gently press to flatten. Bake until light golden, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 1 hour. Cut into bars and store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine sugars and butter.
• Add peanut butter and vanilla.
• Mix in eggs.
• Add flour, baking soda, salt and oatmeal.
• Bake in a 9 X 13 inch pan for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool.
• Melt chocolate chips and spread on bars.
• Enjoy.

APRICOT OATMEAL BARS, JUST LIKE YOU REMEMBER!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray bottom of a 9-by-13-inch rectangular pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• Place the apricots in saucepan and cover with water. Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain. Set aside.
• In work bowl of electric mixer, combine flour, oats, sugar, baking soda and salt.
• Add butter and beat on low speed until a crumbly mixture is formed, about 1 minute. Place half the mixture into the pan and press firmly into an even layer.
• Spread apricots evenly over surface, then sprinkle remaining crumbs over the top. The pan will be almost full.
• Bake in center of oven until light golden brown, about 50 minutes. Remove to a rack and cool completely (do not cut while warm or bars will be too crumbly). Gently cut into 24 pieces with a small, sharp knife.
• Store in airtight container or cookie tin between layers of parchment or waxed paper.

PEANUT BUTTER APRICOT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a cookie sheet and line it with parchment paper.
• Whisk together dry ingredients.
• Blend wet ingredients until as close to smooth as possible.
• Mix dry ingredients with the wet mixture until fully incorporated. The batter will be thick and sticky, so it would probably be easiest to do this with a fork or mixing spoon.
• Stir in the oats and apricots.
• Form into balls and flatten onto parchment paper. Again, this is easier to do with wet hands.
• Bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops look golden (don't wait for them to brown or they will be too hard when they cool).
• To store (and for transportation purposes), I like to wrap each cookie in plastic wrap. Voila! Bakery-style!

APRICOT OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In large bowl, combine cake mix, oats pecans and butter.
• Mix well until entire mixture clumps.
• Press half of this mixture evenly into bottom of a greased 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Spread apricot jam evenly over surface, and sprinkle remaining half of mixture evenly over jam.
• Bake 20 minutes, or until well-browned on top.