Yep….you read it right….I CREATED a recipe! I am pretty happy with myself. Now, don’t get me wrong…I put stuff together for dinner all the time… but baking has alsways required a recipe for me to do. But, I have created an oatmeal bar recipe right here in my very own kitchen!! Here is what I did:
Melt 2TBS of butter in a saucepan.
Add 1/4 a cup of honey
Add 1/2 cup of applesauce (unsweetened)
Add 1/2 cup of brown sugar lightly packed
While that is heating together on the stove, put these in a large mixing bowl:
4 1/4 cup of oats
3/4 cup of raisens
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla extract
oil an 8×8 pan or line with foil and lightly oil.
Mix the stuff in your saucepan with the oat mixture and stir well. Pat it into the prepared pan. (I smushed it down pretty well with my spatula). Then bake it for 20 minutes at 350. Let it cool before you cut it and cool it completely before you take it out of the pan. If you don’t it will fall apart.
There you go! Homemade oatmeal raisen bars! This whole recipe has a grand total of 2443 calories. If you cut them into 16 pieces, you would have 16 servings at 153 calories each.
I am sure you can add whatever you like instead of/along with the raisens….nuts or whatever. You could even spruce it up with chocolate chips and marshmellows (just make sure you add the calories if that concerns you) I even thought about melting 1/2 cup of PB in the saucepan!!
I think that’s pretty good for a healthy snack. Pair it with an apple and its a great healthy afternoon snack….and as for the kids…Annalea loves them! And apples too…so there you go!
