Desserts: Oatmeal Bars Recipe..

[Jakanden]

Heya all,

I came accross a recipe for Chewy Oatmeal bars in a desert cookbook and I modified it a bit to make it healthier (Was originally 200 calories per bar). I thought I would share it as I made them today and they are awsome!

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Ingredients:

¾ Cup firmly packed Brown Sugar
½ Cup Splenda
8oz Non-Fat Yogurt
2 Egg Whites
2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Tbsp Light Soy Milk
2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
1 ½ Cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
3 Cups Oats (Quick or Old Fashioned)


Directions:
1. Preheat Oven to 350 Degrees
2. In a large bowl, combine sugars, yogurt, egg whites, oil, milk and vanilla. Mix thoroughly
3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix thoroughly
4. Add dry ingredients to yogurt mixture and mix well
5. Stir in Oats one cup at a time
6. Spread dough onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9 baking pan
7. Bake 28-32 min or until dark brown
8. Remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack
9. Cut into 24 bars and serve =)


Nutritional Facts:
Serving Size: 1 Bar
Calories per Serving: 98
Makes 24 Bars

Fat: 2g
Carbs: 19g (17 Net)
Fiber: 2g
Protein: 3g

NOTE: If you substitute 1 Cup Splenda and use NO brown sugar:

Calories per Serving: 74

Fat: 2g
Carbs: 13g (11 Net)
Fiber: 2g
Protein: 3g

[fengalon]

Cool! Gotta try this.

[markintosh]

Great idea!

About how much time will they last unrefrigerated?

[Jakanden]

No clue - made em for the first time last night =(

[mustang GT]

Jakanden, I notice that you didn't have sugar in the Nutritional Facts. Is brown sugar considered sugar? Like, if you have brown sugar, will that raise the blood sugar like regular sugar?

[Helene]

Ya how much sugar in your bars?

[CleaR]

Originally Posted by Helene

Ya how much sugar in your bars?

way too much...replace the sugar with some splenda and some protein powder or something...

[Jakanden]

Yeah - i havent made em since that intial time but I would replace it with splenda today.

This was before my Insulin studies and before i knew anything about IGT, Insulin Sensitivity, GI, etc..

[Jakanden]

This receipe has since been updated with some changes to address the sugar issue

[kronik]

I thought you never had any cheat food Jakanden?

[Jakanden]

I dont - this is healthy. WHy do you consider it a cheat food?

Fat: 2g
Carbs: 13g (11 Net)
Fiber: 2g
Protein: 3g

Only 1-2g is sugar and the rest is good clean carbs. Oh and if you want to get picky - I havnt made these since the first time I posted this. I made one batch after that I never finished =)

[kronik]

Its just all that brown sugar sounds pretty bad!

But I trust you Jakanden, I think I'll make some.

[Jakanden]

Originally Posted by kronik

Its just all that brown sugar sounds pretty bad!

But I trust you Jakanden, I think I'll make some.

If you re-read the second nutritional facts are WITHOUT brown sugar. Its all splenda =)

[SNPiccolo5]

I nice variation on these might be to add 1 Tb cocoa powder? I looked on the nutrition facts for is and it actually has mor protein than carbs! Of course, this is because it is unsweetened, etc... I'm going to make these once I get some whole wheat flour...

-Tim

[Jakanden]

Yeah spice it up mang. This is my version of the original recipe. I always change things around and I encourage others to do the same. LIke i said though I havent made these in awhile (I Generally dont have time and I usually dont "Snack") but other people I have given this recipe to love it =)