apricot Oat bars
Do you love Nutri-Grain bars? We do! They are so easy to grab and go when you need a super fast breakfast but also need to hit the road. I wanted to come up with an easy version I could throw together at home that would be allergy friendly for us.
They are so delicious and we all love them more than the original ones!
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups Old Fashion Oats
- 1.5 cups flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp wheat germ
- 1 tsp ground flax seed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup butter
- 1 jar of Apricot preserves
Directions:
- Beat butter and sugar in a mixer until fluffy and light
- In a bowl, mix flour, oats, salt, wheat germ, flax and stir it
- With the mixer on low, add the mixture to the butter mixture
- Add vanilla
- Mix until combined
- Heat oven to 350
- Spread half the mixture in a 11x13 pan
- Spread the jar of apricot preserves on top, you may not use all the jar- I use about 1/2-3/4 the jar
- Take your time putting the other half on top of the preserves
- My honest way:
- Take a spoon full and put it in your palm
- Flatten it out and put it on top of the preserves
- I do that in sections then fill in the holes with mixture
- I like the entire top covered, like a nutri-grain bar
- Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden and crispy on top