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Fruit
and oatmeal breakfast bar
COURTESY OF: THE PEANUT BUREAU OF CANADA
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| Courtesy
of: the Peanut Bureau of Canada |
A healthy cake-like breakfast bar
for those on the go. Also perfect for a delicious mid-day snack.
Breakfast bar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup quick cooking rolled oats
2 tsp each: baking soda and cinnamon
1/2 tsp each: nutmeg and salt
1/3 peanut butter
1/4 cup butter or margarine at room temperature
3/4 brown sugar
finely grated peel of one orange
2 eggs
1 cup of buttermilk
1tsp vanilla
1 1/2 mixed dried fruit such as raisins, dried cranberries, chopped
dried apricots or dried apples (a combination works best)
1/2 cup unsalted peanuts, coarsely chopped
Procedure
Preheat oven to 350 F
Spray a 13" X 9" (3L) baking pan with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, stir flours with oats, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg
and salt until mixed.
Using an electric mixer, in a large bowl, beat peanut butter with
butter and orange peel until well blended.
Beat in brown sugar.
Then beat eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Beat in buttermilk and vanilla, scraping down as necessary, until well
combined.
Stir in flour mixture.
Stir in dried fruit.
Turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing the top.
Sprinkle evenly with peanuts.
Bake until lightly browned and edges just start to pull away from
sides of pan, about 22 to 25 minutes.
Cool completely in pan before cutting into bars.
Makes 20 bars.
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