Blueberry Oat Bars

Name: Blueberry Oat Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12-14 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3/4 cup quick oats; 1 1/2 cups flour; 1/3 cup sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; 3 tablespoons applesauce; 1 egg; 1/2 cup orange juice; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, thawed; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; 4 tablespoons sugar

Submitted by SJG3483

"While I thought these tasted great, I had trouble convincing others to try them. If you can get past the blue color, they are a wonderful and relatively healthy treat. If you use non-dairy margarine instead of butter, they are dairy-free."

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 12-14

ingredients

For the bars
³⁄₄ cup quick oats
1 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
¹⁄₃ cup sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₄ teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter, melted
3 tablespoons applesauce
1 egg
¹⁄₂ cup orange juice
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla
³⁄₄ cup frozen blueberries, thawed
For the topping
2 tablespoons butter, melted
4 tablespoons sugar

directions

Combine the oats, flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and nutmeg.
Mix well.
Mix in butter until crumbly.
In a separate bowl, beat the egg and then mix in orange juice and vanilla.
Combine the two mixtures and blend.
Drain the blueberries and combine with mix.
Put batter in a greased pan.
Brush the topc with the melted butter and top with sugar.
Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until browned on top.

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Reviews

Mine did not turn blue because I used fresh blueberries. Next time I would add a lot more blueberries or maybe some nuts. The flavor of the orange juice was nice. I used cinnamon instead of nutmeg. Also, I used a gluten-free flour blend, and veganized the recipe by using Earth Balance non-hydrogenated margarine instead of butter and Ener-G egg replacer. Thanks for posting this; we enjoyed it.

Prose
Delicious. Quite easy so make also, I made a half recipe (as always, to reduce wastage in case of unsuccessful new recipes.) But I still baked them in the same sized pan. Also, I sweetened the filling with 2 teaspoons of honey and 1-1/2 tablespoons of confectioners sugar.

November

Tweaks

Mine did not turn blue because I used fresh blueberries. Next time I would add a lot more blueberries or maybe some nuts. The flavor of the orange juice was nice. I used cinnamon instead of nutmeg. Also, I used a gluten-free flour blend, and veganized the recipe by using Earth Balance non-hydrogenated margarine instead of butter and Ener-G egg replacer. Thanks for posting this; we enjoyed it.

Prose