Healthy Breakfast Bars -- My Way!
photo by KerfuffleUponWincle
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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2 13 x 9 inch pans
- Serves:
- 50
ingredients
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Dry Ingredients
- 8 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins, do not drain (soaked till plump at least 30 minutes ~ SEE Scotch whiskey, or juice in WET INGREDIENTS below!)
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 1⁄2 cups finely chopped walnuts (TOASTED dry in an iron skillet)
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Wet Ingredients
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pie filling)
- 2 cups milk
- 3 cups brown sugar (NOT hard-packed)
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup scotch whiskey (substitute bourbon, or apple juice ~ FOR SOAKING RAISINS, ABOVE)
directions
- Grease two 9" x 13" Pyrex pans.
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Combine scotch whiskey (or apple juice), vanilla, and RAISINS, in a microwave bowl ~ microwave for 1 minute and soak till plump (about 30 minutes) ~ do not drain!
- Combine dry ingredients (except raisins) in large bowl, stirring well.
- Combine remaining wet ingredients in a large bowl, or an 8 cup measure. Whisk thoroughly for a uniform, lump-free mixture.
- Pour wet ingredients, including undrained raisins, into dry ingredients. Stir well.
- Pour into greased pans and bake for 30 minutes at 325 degrees. (Bake pans one at a time, or together side by side on the same rack ~ rotate pans after 20 minutes.).
- Cool completely and cut each pan into 25 squares ~ I cut mine with a pizza cutter! Wrap individually in plastic wrap ~ bars stay fresh and moist for two weeks! Freeze after wrapping individually, if desired, for a once a month cooking (OAMC) breakfast adventure!
- NOTE: Dried cranberries, cherries, apricots, dates, and/or coconut (or a combination) can be substituted for the raisins to make a different bar.
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Reviews
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KuW, these are very good. DD helped me put the ingredients together (we only made 1/2 recipe) and we soaked our cranberries in apple juice :) The bars came out super-moist and very flavorful. DH loves them too! Thanks for the great idea ~ will definitely use this recipe for OAMC! Made for MY 3 CHEFS, November 2009!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KerfuffleUponWincle
Marietta, Georgia