So these were a last-minute throw-together recipe at 10pm, the night before my daughter Sophie's pre-school Halloween party. The great thing about working with food on a regular basis, is that you can usually discern how things will taste, before you even make them. That makes it easy to come up with new and wonderful flavor combinations!
Her teachers loved them...and also, I packed up a few bars and sent to my son's lovely 3rd grade teacher, and she stopped me after school to say how much she loved them :) and could she have the recipe? Of course! Good women- ALWAYS SHARE!! :)
BAR COOKIES are SO EASY! It saves you the time of placing each cookie and the pan AND eliminates edge burning, leaving a soft and semi-moist cookie-without dry edges! It's a winner all the way around!
Recipe to follow:
Recipe to follow:
Dreamy Oatmeal, Chocolate, Cranberry Bars
Ingredients:
- 2 cup all purpose flour (can use whole grain)
- 3 cups uncooked whole oats (not instant)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter-softened
- 2 eggs-room temp
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract-not imitation
- 1/2 cup organic vegetable shortening
- 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped baking chocolate
- 2 cups dried cranberries
Directions:
Using hand or stand mixer, beat butter, shortening, and both sugars until creamy; add eggs one at a time; add vanilla extract; and beat until mixed-approximately 1 minute.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda, and sift together with hand whisk. Slowly, add flour mixture in small batches to wet ingredients and beat on low, until combined. Add in chocolate and cranberries and mix just enough to get evenly distributed throughout batter.
Spread out mixture in parchment (or wax) lined 9 x 13 baking pan. Keep batter away from edges of pan just a bit, as it will spread out and puff up over sides while baking.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the edges are golden brown and sides look firm. Okay to have center appear wet. Remove from the pan and allow to sit at room temperature on counter. Batter will continue to cook for a few, and then cool down. Wait until almost completely cool to cut into desired size. Recommended: 1x2" bars. These are nice and rich in flavor, and heavy with oatmeal. Great for breakfast and with coffee, too!
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