Chewy Oatmeal Fruit Bars

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup soy flour
• 2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1 1/3 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 2 tablespoons flax seeds (optional)
• 1/2 cup oil or 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 cup apricot preserves or 1 cup your favorite preserves
• 1/4 cup nuts (optional) or 1/4 cup coconut (optional)

Recipe

• 1 directions, oven at 350 degrees, have a baking pan ready.
• 2 mix the dry ingredients together, add the oil and apple sauce and mix.
• 3 separate about 2 cups of the mixture. put the mixture into a pan or two - we used 1 14"x12" pan. you can grease the sides of the pan, but it isn't necessary on the bottom.
• 4 you want to pack the mixture down and have it be about 1/4 inch thick.
• 5 spread on the preserves and then crumble the remaining dry mixture on the top.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
• 7 let cool 10+ minutes and enjoy.
• 8 oats & whole wheat are good for fiber, the soy adds some protein, and the apple sauce is a good partial substitute for oil/butter, keeping it pretty moist.