A Healthier, Cheaper (but still tasty!) Fruity Oaty Bar

POSTED BY: Mallory
UPDATED: Saturday, September 9, 2006 01:25
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MALLORY

Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:06 PM

(Please excuse me if this doesn't belong in this folder. I haven't posted here in a looong while.)

When I found out there was a recipe for Fruity Oat Bars, I was excited but bummed; the idea that I could make my own Fruity Oaty Bar was great but I kind of wanted to come up with my own recipe. So, I read the ingredients for the Fruity Oaty Bars and was faced with a problem: I'm a vegan (for health reasons), completely broke, and not a big fan of the crunchy. I came up with my own recipe for Fruity Oaty Bars that won't kill you, is cheap, and delicious.

Base Mixture Ingredients

- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 3/4 cup quick cooking oats
- 1 tablespoon flax meal (one egg if you're omni)
- 1/3 - 3/4 cup sugar (depends on how sweet you like things. I used 1/3 cup)
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions (It looks long, but it's not hard to make them)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mix the base ingredients together in one bowl.

3. Get out four smaller bowls and scoop 1/3 (slightly heaping) cup of the base mixture into each bowl.

4. Pick four fruits (I chose pineapple, orange, blueberry, and apple as it's all I had in the house. I would recommend using banana in place of one of the citrus fruits for a more powerful flavor).

5. Peel a medium-sized orange and blend half of it until it's as liquid-y as possible. It should yield 1/4 cup. I suppose orange juice could be a substitute

6. If you have fresh pineapple and blueberries, repeat step number 5 until you yield 1/4 cup of each. If you have frozen fruit, like I did, blend each with about 3-6 tablespoons of water until you yield 1/4 cup.

7. Measure out about 1/3 cup of unsweetened applesauce (1 pre-packed cup = 1/2 cup applesauce).

8. Mix each fruit-liquid with base mixtures.

9. Use food dye if you want funky colors -- just follow the directions on the box.

10. Grease a mini-loaf pan or a 9x9 inch glass pyrex dish.

11. Spoon the batter into your pans/dish 1/4 of an inch thick. You can make polka-dotted bars or stripes, depending on how you spoon in the batter. Make sure the batter is pretty even (or thicker in the middle) so they don't fall apart.

12. Put them in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Check them periodically by gently tapping them. If they feel spongy before the time is up, then take them out. My oven is old, and that could have changed the timing.

13. Let bars cool for 1 minute, then flip the pan over. Cut into bars if you used the dish, and then remove.

14. EAT!

Serving size: 8

ETA: Here are the pictures. http://photobucket.com/albums/v165/little_teapot/Fruity%20Oaty%20Bars/

KIDREGAL

Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:35 PM

Thanks for the recipe! My wife and I are thinking about hosting a marathon (all 14 eps+BDM) at some point and have been trying to think up some Firefly related food to serve. Strawberries will definitely be there! Go any other recipes?

Good idea, dude, go look in the flaming death hole.

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:42 PM

Dude...you have GOT to make Mudder's Milk!!!

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

MALLORY

Friday, January 20, 2006 2:30 PM

Mmmm. Strawberries! I snuck some into the theater with me the first time I went to see Serenity.

I've been thinking about a recipe with rosemary and TVP (textured vegetable protein). I like TVP plain, so I have no clue what the big deal with "protein" tasting bad is. Oh well. I'll think of something. :)

If you use my recipe for Fruity Oaty Bars, let me know how it turns out!

"My own dear love, he is all my heart, --/And I wish somebody'd shoot him." -Dorothy Parker

MALLORY

Friday, January 20, 2006 2:31 PM

Huh. I never thought about making Mudder's Milk before. I'll try to come up with something!

"My own dear love, he is all my heart, --/And I wish somebody'd shoot him." -Dorothy Parker

KIDREGAL

Friday, January 20, 2006 3:00 PM

My wife loves the idea of the Fruity Oaty bars, so we'll definitely be making them (I'll post how they went over). I've also gotten recipes for bao (Our Mrs. Reynolds) and a recipe for Mudder's Milk (this one suggests finding brave souls to try it-sounds intringingly dangerous). It will be an interesting night. Needless to say, plenty of pepto will also be on hand that night!

Good idea, dude, go look in the flaming death hole!

MRBEN

Friday, January 20, 2006 3:16 PM

There's a recipe for Mudders Milk on the official movie site, IIRC.

mrben

"Carpe Aptenodytes"
http://www.jedimoose.org

KSC

Friday, January 20, 2006 3:37 PM

And its absolutely disgusting! Please dont anyone make that!

MALLORY

Friday, January 20, 2006 4:37 PM

It seems like most "Firefly" recipes I've come across have had some pretty definite flaws, IMHO. Sure, I haven't come across too many recipes, but I haven't been too pleased with the results and I'm an avid cook. I don't go a day without cooking or baking (And it's "real" cooking by the MB definition).

If anyone is interested in a crunchy Fruity Oaty Bar, or any other dish, I'll be willing to come up with a recipe.

"My own dear love, he is all my heart, --/And I wish somebody'd shoot him." -Dorothy Parker

MALLORY

Friday, January 20, 2006 4:42 PM

Also, if you want to throw in some chopped nuts or chopped dried fruit, I'm sure that would taste great. I had very little in the house at the time I threw this recipe together, so I didn't get to experiment as much as I'd have liked. Maybe when the financial situation brightens.

"My own dear love, he is all my heart, --/And I wish somebody'd shoot him." -Dorothy Parker

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