Oat, Fruit and Nut Bars

Photo: Cool Lassie

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

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a 9 inch square pan with oiled waxed paper and set aside.

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.

Bake for 25 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean when inserted in the center.

Cool and cut into 12 squares.

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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.