Vicki 's Sour Cream Raisin Bars

Name: Vicki 's Sour Cream Raisin Bars
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1 cake, 50 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups raisins; 3/4 cup water; 1 3/4 cups quick oatmeal; 1 3/4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 cups sour cream; 4 large egg yolks; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Submitted by Dienia B.

"Vicki makes these for farmers' market and they are one of her best sellers."

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photo by Chabear01

Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 50

ingredients

2 cups raisins
³⁄₄ cup water
1 ³⁄₄ cups quick oatmeal
1 ³⁄₄ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
2 cups sour cream
4 large egg yolks
2 tablespoons cornstarch
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon nutmeg
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

Cook raisins in 3/4 cup water for 5 minutes at a simmer. Cool until warm and drain.
Mix oatmeal, flour, baking soda, butter and brown sugar together.
Put 2/3 cup of the mixture in bottom of a 10 x 15 pan.
Bake 10 minutes in 350 degree Fahrenheit oven.
Mix sugar, sour cream, egg yolks, cornstarch, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and raisins together.
Cook in microwave until thick on high, for 6 minutes stirring often. Watch this as it scorches easily.
Pour over baked crust. Top with remaining crumbs.
Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until golden brown.

Questions & Replies

How thick should the mixture be when taken from the microwave? Like stiff whipped cream were it doesn't close when a spoon is drawn through it? Like Honey? Give me some idea.

Anonymous

Reviews

Made for a great football snack/ and after school snack. I made these as written. I did take a reviewers note and added a dash of vanilla ice cream, with these. Very nice as warm, and even better leftovers too. Made for Gimme 5.

weekend cooker
Very close to the one I use that I found in Taste of Home. My changes pretty well match what was written in this recipe - A very good recipe. lady asked me to make a batch just for her family thanksgiving dinner and have given out recipe to others.

muffinlady
These are Wonderful, easy to make and taste is great, thanks for sharing

Laureen in B.C.
This is my husbands new favorite dessert...he won't stop telling me how much he loves it and to make sure to give it a 5 star rating...this is very unusual for him...usually desserts are just "okay" with him. I've only made one other similar pie recipe and with both I had trouble knowing when the sour cream mixture was done...it didn't seem thick enough in both cases...I microwaved this an extra 4 minutes...and I stirred it every 1-2 minutes. All in all it turned out good as my husband loves it...I found it very sweet but nice. I put 1/2 tsp each of cinnamon and nutmeg in the crumb mix and doubled them in the sour cream mix. Thank you so much for this keeper recipe Dienia B. Made for 1-2-3 hit wonders game.

Engrossed
Dienia, prepared these except that I used half raisins and half some craisins I had sitting around to be used up. Wow, this is one very rich and moist dessert. Add a tad bit of ice cream and we are in heaven. Thank You for sharing this wonderful recipe.

Chabear01