Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

Cookies are great.  But sometimes ... sometimes you just don't have time for a cookie and all the work that comes with it.  Sometimes ... you just want to throw something in a pan and then eat it. 

Bars are the best when you want that cookie taste but not the fuss. 

Plus sometimes bars are like a great marriage of cookie, bar, and cake. 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup plus 6 tablespoon butter, softened

3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 cups old fashion oats

1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1.  Heat oven to 350F

2.  Cream butter and sugars on medium until creamy

3.  Add eggs and vanilla, beat until incorporated

4.  Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl.

5.  Slowly add dry mixture to wet mixture

6.  Add oats and chocolate chips

7.  Cover a 9x13 pan with parchment paper.  Be sure to leave some of the parchment hanging over the pan so that you can easily remove the bars later.

8.  Bake 30-35 minutes or until light golden brown.  Cool 5 minutes in pan and then remove to wire racks. 


Baby Girl got to have a couple of bites of a bar.  I sent some with her when she visited my parents.  I am sure she got much more there.


I do want to try different add ins next time. 


Keep baking friends!
XOXO

Oatmeal White Chocolate Cranberry Bars

With a 15 month old I have learn that time is something that I do not have.  I try to do some baking when she naps on the weekends but it seems that something always comes up. 

These bars are super easy to make and tasty.  AND the perfect snack when my daughter wakes up

Oatmeal White Chocolate Cranberry Bars

Ingredients:

1/2 cup plus 6 tablespoon butter, room temperature

3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs, room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla exact

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 cups oats

1/2 cup white chocolate chips

1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

1.  Heat oven to 350F.

2.  Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar on medium speed until fluffy

3.  Add eggs one at a time until incorporated

4.  Add vanilla extract and mix well

5.  In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.  Mix well.

6.  Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients until just mixed

7.  Add oats, white chocolate, and cranberries

8.  Spread in a 13 x 9 metal baking pan lined with parchment paper. 

9.  Bake 30 to 35 minutes


Keep baking my friends!


XOXO

Brownie Red Velvet Smores Bars

These bars are time consuming but so worth the work to make them.  So rich, so chewy, so... yummy!

This is a recipe that you want to make sure you have milk in refrigerator before making. 

I love the way the bars look when you cut into them. 

Brownie Red Velvet Smores Bars
Recipe from Picky Palate

Ingredients:
-1 brownie mix, 9x13 size
-graham cracker, about 7 sheets
-1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
-2 cups mini marshmallows
-7 oz sweetened condensed milk (1/2 can)
-1 box red velvet cake mix
-1/2 cup butter, unsalted
-1 egg, large
-3 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
2.  Prepare brownie mix according to package directions.  Pour into bottom of prepared baking dish.
3.  Layer with sheets of graham crackers, chocolate chips, marshmallows and drizzle evenly with sweetened condense milk.
4.  Mix red velvet cake mix, melted butter, egg, and vegetable oil until dough forms.  Dough will be thick.  With a cookie scoop, scoop dough over marshmallow layer.  Press dough so it's flattened and marshmallow layer is not showing.
5.  Bake for 40-45 minutes until baked through.  Let cool completely before cutting into squares to serve. 

Love love love the way these taste.  I would say this is a great bar to bring to a pot luck party.

Keep baking friends!

XOXO