Source
www.wildoats.com
Category
Snacks
Yield
16 servings
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
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Apricot Oat Bars
Organic Health Store, Pantai Mutiara Hospital
Tel : (012) 433 5857 Fax : (04) 645 5726
| Amount |
Ingredient Name |
Description |
| 1/2 cup |
Water |
|
| 1 cup |
Dried apricots |
Diced |
| 3 tablespoons |
Light brown sugar |
(optional) |
| 1/2 teaspoon |
Cinnamon |
|
| 1 tablespoon |
Freshly squeezed lemon juice |
|
| 3/4 cup |
Wild Oats Organic Unsalted Butter, softened |
|
| 3/4 cup |
Light brown sugar |
|
| 1 |
Wild Oats Large Omega-3 Egg |
|
| 1 teaspoon |
Vanilla extract |
|
| 1 1/2 cups |
Organic rolled oats |
|
| 1 1/4 cups |
Organic unbleached flour |
|
| 1/4 cup |
Walnuts, finely chopped |
|
| 1 teaspoon |
Baking powder |
|
| 1/4 teaspoon |
Sea salt |
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Steps
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
Lightly butter an 11x7 inch baking pan.
2. Heat water in a saucepan, add the apricots and sugar. Stir occasionally and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until they are soft. Allow to cool and stir in cinnamon and lemon juice. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, cream together butter and light brown sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together oats, flours, walnuts, baking powder and salt.
5. Mix dry ingredients into butter mixture. Press 2/3 of the batter into the baking pan. Spread apricot mixture over the batter and crumble the reserved batter over the apricots.
6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool and cut into bars or squares.
Variation
Substitute 1 1/3 cup of organic raspberry preserves for the apricot mixture.
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