Easy Oatmeal Raisin Bars


Photo: Tina Marie
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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.
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Yield:

6.0 servings

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Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 3:55pm

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