Fruity Oaty Bars

[rikibeth]

...technically, peppers are a fruit, right?

All-Purpose Oat Crumble

4 cups rolled oats
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups light brown sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
18 oz butter, melted

Put the oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and stir until well blended. It's easiest to use your hands. Pour the melted butter over the mixture and stir until moistened. If you don't like getting your hands messy, wear gloves or use a rubber spatula.

Reserve 1/4 of the crumble mixture. Press the rest of it into a 1/2 sheet baking pan lined with parchment and sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes

Remove from oven. Let cool somewhat if you want to make it easy on yourself. Apply whatever sort of jam suits your fancy. You'll need at least 2 cups. I just spread 2 10-oz jars of hot pepper jelly on this batch. Spread into an even layer with an offset icing spatula.

Sprinkle the reserved crumble over the top. Return to oven for 15 more minutes.

Let cool, cut into squares, and serve.

Yes, it is that easy.

The oat crumble is labeled All-Purpose Oat Crumble because it is. You can use it as the base for any other bar that'd taste good with an oatmeal cookie-ish base, use it as topping for fruit crisps, use it as streusel topping for muffins... bake it, crumble it, and stir it into yogurt or ice cream, whatever. And it's so easy, it's what tamidon calls "stoned monkey" cooking.

Also, if anyone has a Fruity Oaty Bars icon, I'd love it.

Comments

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. This made me DROOL. I would totally love to make these with some really good strawberry preserves or lemon curd. Or use the crumble as a crumble. (In yogurt? YUM!) Though I do find myself wondering about ways to make it slightly less caloric. 3 cups of sugar and 18 oz of butter? Wow. :)

[surelle.livejournal.com]

It makes a TON of bars! Halve the recipe for a normal baking pan! She's talking about using one that is 18x13x1 - because that's the size she would use for work :)

I just bought ingredients for mine, hehe. With reduced sugar raspberry preserves.

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

Oh, am I happy you pointed that out. I didn't even pay attention. Awesome! :) Now I will definitely make them.

[surelle.livejournal.com]

Yay fruity oaty bars!!

1st stage is in the oven now. I had gluten free rolled oats already. Woot!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I bought myself a couple of heavy Chicago Metallic half-sheet pans for my house (yes, the size Karin said) and they were only about ten bucks each and they are SO worth it because they are so much sturdier than ordinary cookie sheets. I cannot say enough good things about them.

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

When I read your recipe, I didn't even process the phrase "half sheet", but I know what pans you're talking about, and yeah, they are awesome. Though not the sort of thing I should probably get for my NYC apartment lifestyle. :)

If I had paid closer attention to the sheer volume of ingredients you listed, I probably could have figured it out, too. The dangers of pre-coffee LJ. :)

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

what I need is a stoned monkey cooking icon.Hopefully there will be bars left when I get there

[wikkidgothbabe.livejournal.com]

Hot pepper jelly? Yum! Goya makes a fabulous Jalapeno jelly, what do you get?

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I used the Tabasco brand

[cherrybutterfly.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Sounds goood!

We need to get together soon.

[follybard.livejournal.com]

*points to icon*

This might not be quite what you're looking for, but you're welcome to it if you want it....

[hotpoint.livejournal.com]

They were delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

glad you liked them!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

that'll do nicely! thank you!