Secret Recipe Club: Yumsilicious Oatmeal Apple Pie Bars
It is time again for the Secret Recipe Club, just like last month, I was given another blog to choose a recipe for preparing and featuring on my site. I was given Yumsilicious. This blog was a bit more challenging for me because I am not much of a baker. And there are a lot of baking recipes on her site, including this one.
But after taking a some scans through her site I settled upon these bars. And I am so glad that I did. We loved them and my son thought they were cereal bars and gobbled one up for a snack. They aren’t loaded with sugar and I used fresh apples and oats so I was feeling pretty good about that snack choice for him.
I hope that you enjoy them as much as we did and take a few moments to go over and check out Yumsilicious blog and other recipes.
Oatmeal Apple Pie Bars
Author/Source:
Tricia @ Onceamonthmom.com adapted from
Ingredients:
Apple Filling:
- 3 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- .125 teaspoons salt
Oatmeal Crust:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup quick cooking oats, not instant
- 1 stick butter, melted
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9×9 inch baking pan with foil/parchment.
Make the filling : Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add all remaining filling ingredients and cook, stirring often and apples begin to tenderize and caramelize, about 10 minutes. Add water or brandy if the filling seems too thick, a tbsp at a time. Set aside to cool, while you begin wokring on the crust.
Make the crust: Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, brown sugar and oats. Add the melted butter and incorporate well. Separate about 1 1/2 cups of the crust mixture and press into the bottom of the pan.
Spoon the filling over the crust, trying to ensure a more or less single layer. Sprinkle on the remaining crust mixture. Bake for 30 – 35 minutes, until the topping is light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack completely, and cut into squares. I had no trouble cutting, but if you do, refrigerate the bars for about an hour, which will allow cleaner cuts. Serve plain, or with some ice-cream.
Freezing Directions:
Cut into bars, wrap in plastic wrap and place in a gallon freezer bag. Freeze. To serve: Thaw, or heat in the microwave.
Servings: 8 bars
This Post will be linked at:
- Mouthwatering Mondays at A Southern Fairytale
- Monday Mania at The Healthy Home Economist
- Just Another Meatless Monday at Hey What’s For Dinner Mom? (Vegetarian)
Mm These look DELISH!
What a great recipe!
For not being much of a baker, you did a fabulous job with these bars! They look fabulous…great selection for the secret recipe club!
Yum! Those look amazing! I’m heading to a baseball tourney this weekend and I bet the players would love those.
Thanks for sharing! I’m hopping over from Secret Recipe Club!
~Liz
Looks really yummy!
I’m definitely going to make these! They would be a great recipe to link up to my Meatfree Mondays linky
http://pennypinchingprovisions.blogspot.com/2011/06/meat-free-monday-red-beans-and-rice.html
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Those look excellent. Your photography is top-notch as well. keep up the good work.
Forget kids, my husband would be all over this recipe. He loves *anything* apples and oats, and you’re right, they’re not loaded with sugar, so they make a good choice. So happy to be finding you via the SRC!
Those look absolutely delicious!
Your bars look like they turned great! Glad they worked out!
I love the look of these bars…so delicious! Great SRC pick
These sound like a great after school snack. If I said “apple pie”, I know my kids would gobble them up.
These look fantastic! I love the idea of the flavors of apple pie in a form that’s a little more portable!
Great snack for kids and adults…who doesn’t love apple and oatmeal!
wow, such nice bars! i could use a couple right now
Those bars were always my favorite school lunch treat.
These look like a snack that would be great to keep on hand.
Brown sugar, oatmeal, apples- yum , sounds like a winner.
Apple pie in a portable bar form? Yummo! Sign me up =)
These look wonderful!
Job well done! The apple pie bars look great. I know that my hubby and kids would love them!
Aww sorry about that! I just knew a non-baker would get my blog, and totally curse me
But you did an awesome job with the bars, no one would ever know you aren’t a regular baker
Thanks.
My kids are loving the bars so apparently I need to bake more often.
That is what I love about these type of groups – having to move outside of your comfort zone – or making something you normally wouldn’t make – just to find out it wasn’t so hard and was delicious to boot! The bars look great!
Mmmm, your bars look wonderful! I am loving the SRC, it was really fun this month and I am so glad I joined!
Mmmmm these look and sound absolutely amazing! You may have to start baking more often… looks like you are pretty darn good at it.
. Great job!
Holy COW–those look fantastic! I really need to make those we need a new snack around here.
These sound so good! I will remember these bars when it’s apple picking time!
What a great flavor for a snack bar. It looks like you are more of a baker than you thought!
I have everything I need to make these right now. They sound like a great snack!
So excited to try these out! How can you wrong with oatmeal and apples??
These look like the perfect after school snack. Can’t wait to try them!
These look lovely… I love oats and apples and would be lovely for a nice and healthy snack!
Love these flavorful and simple baked goodies! Happy to be a part of SRC and get to know you
You have a lovely space and am off to browse your recipes.
Apple pie bars you can eat for breakfast!
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I made these last night. Mine did not come out right. It’s just a crumbly apple pie like dish. I can’t cut it into bars. It’s like a crust didn’t form, just made more of a crumb topping. Not sure how to fix it.
Not sure what happened either. Mine turned out great!
These look perfect for school lunches! Thanks so much for the recipe