Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups rolled oats, uncooked
• 1 cup oat flour (can be made by pulverising rolled oats in a blender or food processor)
• 1 cup packed currants or 1 cup raisins or 1 cup chopped prunes or 1 cup other dried fruit
• 1 cup apple juice or 1 cup orange juice (you could also use 1/4 cup molasses and 3/4 cup water)
• 1/4 cup sugar or 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds or 1/4 cup nuts, pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 grease a 9 inch by 13 inch pan, or two 8 inch by 8 inch pans.
• 3 combine all ingredients in bowl and mix well.
• 4 it should be moist enough to form a ball, without extra liquid.
• 5 put mixture in prepared pans and spread evenly.
• 6 bake for 30 minutes.
• 7 remove from oven and cut into squares while still hot.
• 8 wait until the bars cool before trying to remove them from the pan.
• 9 one tip: if the fruit is hard, soak it with a bit of water before starting to make this recipe because the fruit doesn't soften much in baking.