Carrot And Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
From earthwatersunwind 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 16
A sweet treat for breakfast or a snack, this cookie-like bar is packed with whole grains, dried fruit and nuts, all in a soft and all-natural kid-friendly treat. Modeled after my kids' favorite snack, the Z-Bar by Cliff Bars.
Ingredients
- Dry Ingredients: shopping list
- 5 oz (1 cup) whole wheat pastry flour shopping list
- 5 oz (1 cup) all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/4 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 tsp table salt shopping list
- 2 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 tsp allspice shopping list
- fruit, Oat and Veggie Mixture: shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups grated carrot*---(10 oz before peeling and trimming) use the finest holes on your box grater and pack them in shopping list
- 1 cup your choice very finely chopped dried fruit--we used cranberries and apples shopping list
- 1 cup rolled oats shopping list
- 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts--optional shopping list
- Wet ingredients: shopping list
- 3/4 cup packed golden brown sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
How to make it
- Mix all dry ingredients together, set aside.
- Mix all fruit/veggie ingredients together, set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about
- 5 minutes. Add eggs, scrape bowl well, and continue to beat until mixture
- is thick, ribbony and very pale, another 3-4 minutes. Add vanilla and applesauce.
- Turn mixer to low speed, and add Dry ingredients, mixing until just blended.
- Remove mixer or beaters, and stir in fruit and oat mixture by hand until well-incorporated.
- Chill one hour at least. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350.
- To form bars, lightly grease your hands with oil. (The kids can help out here! It's very sticky!)
- Shape gently into three inch by one inch logs. You can also drop them by spoonfuls to make cookies, but they'll cook faster.
- Bake 15-20 minutes, until just starting to brown. Remove to cool on rack, and store at room temperature. Makes about 16 bars.
- www.mediocrechocolate.blogspot.com
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Awesome! Going to try to keep these in for my daughter for when she's running out in a scurry for school.
High 5... beautiful too.
Debbie~ =)
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These sound wonderful!
grandmacooks
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This sounds like something I should make for our trip.
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