Oat, Fruit and Nut Bars
By: Cool Lassie
Published: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 4:48am

Ingredients




1 cup oats
1/2 cup wheat Flour, unsifted
1/2 cup all-purpose flour, unsifted
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup applesauce 
1/2 cup dried fruits, such as apricots, craisins, 1/4 cup walnuts or almonds, roughly chopped
1 apple, cored and diced
3 tablespoons oil
2 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Salt

Preparation

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 9 inch square pan with oiled waxed paper and set aside. 2 In a bowl, mix both the flour, sugar, oats with salt, soda and cinnamon powder. Add the buttermilk, applesauce and oil, and give it a quick whisk. Add the dried fruits and nuts and pour into the prepared pan. 3 Bake for 25 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean when inserted in the center. 4 Cool and cut into 12 squares.

About


The base recipe for this healthy bar is from Washington Apple Commission, and uses eggs and all-purpose flour. I modified this recipe by using applesauce instead of eggs, substituted wheat flour partly in the place of all-purpose flour, and played around with different choice of dried fruits and nuts. The end result is a moist and awesome guilt-free bar.