Old-fashioned Oatmeal Bars Recipe with Spiced Applesauce
An old-fashioned winner that is soon to become your new favorite as a scratch cook.
Equipment
- 1 High speed blender or food processor
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Old-fashioned oats, divided These are not quick-cook oats
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 Tbs Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Nutmeg, freshly grated
- 1/2 tsp Real Salt
- 2 Large Farm-fresh eggs
- 1 Cup Home-canned Applesauce Or other fruit sauce/preserves
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
- 4 T Butter, melted Use unsalted if you have it or coconut oil.
- 1 Cup Almonds, pecans, walnuts, or cashews
Instructions
- Prepare a rimmed 9x13" Baking sheet with by greasing and then lining with parchment paper. Be sure the paper comes up the sides and has some overhang on each end.
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Gently toast the nuts in a pan on the stove until just fragrant and lightly toasted.
- In blender jar or food processor bowl, combine 1.5 cups of oats, baking soda, baking powder, spices, and salt. Blend until oats are coarsely chopped and incorporated well with the other ingredients.
- Add the eggs, applesauce, brown sugar, and melted butter. Blend until well mixed.
- To the blender jar add the rest of the rolled oats and the toasted nuts and give a few pulse bursts on the blender just to combine the final batter.
- Use the blender jar to carefully pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread to corners with the back of a spatula so that your batter is evenly spread in the pan.
- Bake for 33 minutes and check to see that the top is beginning to brown gently. If not, you can add another 2-3 minutes. The edges should be pulling away slightly from the sides of the pan.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool COMPLETELY before removing from pan.
- Use the sides of the parchment paper to gently lift the oat slab from the pan.
- Use a metal bench scraper or knife to slice into 12 equal bars.
