Easy Oatmeal Raisin Bars
By: Tina Marie
Published: Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 3:55pm

Ingredients




1 package (18 oz) yellow cake mix
2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup chunky applesauce
1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
1/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind

Preparation

1 Line bottom and sides of a 13x9 inch pan with aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides. Lightly grease foil. 2 Stir together cake mix, oats and raisins in a large bowl.  Stir in butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly and dry ingredients are moistened. 3 Press HALF of oat mixture evenly into bottom of prepared pan. 4 Stir together applesauce, apple pie spice and lemon rind.  Gently spread over the oat mixture in pan.  Sprinkle evenly with remaining oat mixture. 5 Bake at 375 F (190 C) for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown.  Let cool in pan on wire rack for 1 hour. 6 Lift baked bars from pan, using foil sides as handles.  Place on cutting board and cut into bars. 7 Now I see the wisdom of making a foil base because they did lift out nicely.  The pan still needed washing but it wasn’t caked up with butter or oats.  Easy.