oatmeal breakfast bars

Couple here for you which a friend of mine makes, i personally don't have the time to make them but taste great!......

Almond Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Recipe

Ingredients:
1 cup rolled oats (uncooked)
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 dash ground allspice
1/4 cup raisins
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large bowl, combine oats, dry milk, baking powder, baking soda and spices. Mix well. Stir in raisins.

In a small bowl, combine remaining ingredients, mixing well. Add to dry mixture, mixing until all ingredients are moistened. Spoon into prepared pan. Smooth the top with the back of a spoon.

Bake 30 minutes, until lightly browned. Be careful not to overcook.

Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Banana-Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup soft butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
3 medium mashed bananas
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup raw, quick-cooking oats
3/4 cup (total) chopped nuts, raisins, and dates (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 F. Grease and flour 13x9 inch baking pan. Sift together: flour, salt, soda and spices, set aside. In large bowl, beat until light and fluffy: butter, sugar, egg. Add bananas and vanilla beat until smooth.

Gradually stir in flour mixture and oats until well combined. (If it seems to be getting a little thick, slowly add about 1/4 cup non-fat milk as needed.) Stir in nuts etc. Bake until golden (about 25 minutes)

Raisin Breakfast Bars

Ingredients:
3/4 cup All-purpose flour
3/4 cup Toasted wheat germ
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 cup Margarine, melted
1/4 cup Honey
1 Egg
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Raisins
1/2 cup Chopped walnuts

Directions:

Combine flour, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder, and cinnamon. Stir in margarine, honey, egg and vanilla; mix well. Stir in raisins and walnuts. Press mixture firmly into a greased 8- inch square pan. Bake at 350 F for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned

Here's a recipe I was given about a month ago. They taste like cookies and my husband asks for them just about EVERY day!

- 2/3 C. nuts (I use walnuts, almonds and cashews)
- 1/3 C. dry oatmeal
- 3 Tbsp. maple syrup ( or half agave and half maple syrup)
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 C. dried fruit like cherries and blueberries (I've never tried it w/any other kind but you could be adventurous) or chocolate chips (or both fruit and chocolate chips)

Place nuts and dry oatmeal in a food processor and blend for a few minutes. Add maple syrup and vanilla and blend again briefly. Add dried fruit and/or chocolate chips and blend once more.

The mixture will ball up at this point. You're done! Eat at this point or prepare and place in the freezer. I either make tiny balls with the mixture or put it in a plastic bag, roll flat and put it in the freezer. This way, it's easy to break off a piece when I want a little "pick-me-up".

Hope you like them! Good luck! :flowerforyou:

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I make a batch of steel cut oats using the overnight method and put them in the fridge. Scoop out a portion in the am nuke it with some cinn and nutmeg and splenda. I make a batch every 4 days or so. While the oatmeal is in the microwave I peel 2 hard boiled eggs to go with. Good carbs, protein, quick and filling.

If out of the steel cut oats I use regular old fashioned oats, 1/2C with 1/2C water, cinn, nutmeg and splenda... 110 seconds in the nuke. Makes it chewy rather than soupy.

http://health.discovery.com/fansites/sara-snow/recipes/bar.html

INGREDIENTS
2 1/2 cups old fashioned organic quick oats
1/2 cup whole flax seed
1/4 cup organic dark cocoa power (or slightly less)
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1/2 t spirulina
1/2 to 1 cup HOT water

INSTRUCTIONS
Stir ingredients together.
Form into individual sized paddies, like hamburgers.
Wrap in plastic wrap and keep in freezer or fridge.

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