We came home from 2 birthday parties & several hours out of the house on Saturday, and I was very dismayed to find a bag of frozen raspberries out on the counter, very much not frozen. Darn it! I didn't want to throw away the bag, I had only used a few raspberries & most of the bag was still there. For some reason "raspberry oat bars" popped into my head, so online I went to find a recipe! There are plenty of cookie-type recipes, which wasn't really what I wanted, & this I found this one...
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 mostly-full bag (12 ounces) raspberries, fully thawed
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt; stir in butter until crumbly. Reserve 3/4 cup for topping. Pat remaining oat mixture into a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray.
- Bake at 350° for 5-7 minutes. Spread with fruit spread. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 25-30 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Yield: 16 servings
I followed the recipe exactly, the only exception being I used just raspberries instead of the "spreadable fruit." I used a fork to take the raspberries out of the bag, leaving the "juice" behind, and spread the raspberries around evenly. Then I poured the "juice" over the raspberries & put the topping above that.
These came out so yummy! They taste a little dessert-y but I like that there's not a whole lot of sugar, & it's balanced out with the oats & whole wheat flour. I let it cool for awhile and cut it into 16 squares. This was Saturday night...24 hours later there were only 3 squares left! James thinks they are very yummy but I have only let him have a bite or two here & there...but Tim & I have been helping ourselves! I would like to try this with blueberries, I think that would be very good also!
