Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Ingredients
- 4 cup dry oats (old-fashioned or quick cooking)
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 - 1 cup canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup raisins
Instructions
- Dump all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
- Stir, by hand, just until completely moistened and combined.
- Press into a greased 13×9 casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into individual bars.
Notes
~ I’ve always prepared this recipe with 1 full cup of liquid. However, I was running low on oil today and had no applesauce in the house. So, I used 3/4 cup of oil and the bars turned out great! Also, as you can probably tell, I usually use some applesauce in place of some of the oil.
~ If your family isn’t too keen or raisins, you can substitute with other dried fruit. Or, if you’re especially daring, I suppose chocolate chips might work as well.
~ These bars freeze beautifully. I usually wrap the cooled and cut bars individually and then freeze. They can be thawed in about 2 hours, or if you’re in a hurry, cook in the microwave on the defrost cycle for about 20-30 seconds, depending on the size of your bars.