These are some of our favorite recipes, mostly from Cooking Light, but we tend to edit portions and ingredients
that suit our taste buds (e.g. when a recipe calls for 1 minced garlic clove, we use about 4 :) ).
Other recipes are passed down from family and friends.
Enjoy!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

Yummy! The cranberries give these bars a nice tartness, but the sugary sour cream smooths it out! I definitely want to try to Maple-Date ones next time!
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1853985

Yield: 24 servings (serving size: 1 square)
Ingredients
Crust:
* 4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 cup)
* 1 cup quick-cooking oats
* 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 6 tablespoons butter, melted
* 3 tablespoons orange juice
* Cooking spray
Filling:
* 1 1/3 cups dried cranberries (about 6 ounces)
* 3/4 cup fat free sour cream
* 1/2 cup granulated sugar
* 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind (I used lemon extract since we didn't have any oranges on hand)
* 1 large egg white, lightly beaten
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. To prepare crust, weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through cinnamon) in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Drizzle butter and juice over flour mixture, stirring until moistened (mixture will be crumbly). Reserve 1/2 cup oat mixture. Press remaining oat mixture into the bottom of an 11 x 7–inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
3. To prepare filling, combine cranberries, sour cream, granulated sugar, and remaining ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring well. Spread cranberry mixture over prepared crust; sprinkle reserved oat mixture evenly over filling. Bake at 325° for 40 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

Cherry-Oatmeal Bars: Substitute dried cherries for the dried cranberries and lemon rind for the orange rind in filling.
CALORIES 135 (31% from fat); FAT 4.6g (sat 2.6g, mono 0.8g, poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 1.7g; CARB 21.5g; FIBER 1.3g; CHOL 13mg; IRON 0.7mg; SODIUM 68mg; CALC 27mg

Maple-Date-Oatmeal Bars: Substitute chopped pitted dates for the dried cranberries. Omit granulated sugar from filling, and add 2 tablespoons maple syrup and 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
CALORIES 124 (33% from fat); FAT 4.6g (sat 2.6g, mono 0.8g, poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 1.7g; CARB 19.8g; FIBER 1.1g; CHOL 13mg; IRON 0.7mg; SODIUM 68mg; CALC 26mg

Nutritional Information
Calories: 133 (31% from fat)
Fat: 4.6g (sat 2.6g,mono 0.8g,poly 0.2g)
Protein: 1.5g
Carbohydrate: 21.9g
Fiber: 0.9g
Cholesterol: 13mg
Iron: 0.6mg
Sodium: 67mg
Calcium: 20mg

No comments:

Post a Comment