Preparing snack for my daughter can be daunting sometimes, I need to have few options of snack so she won’t get bored. Sometimes it’s only fruits and sometimes fruits and cookies.
I really care what we eat, when I decided to make most of meals that’s because I want to know what ingredients I put in my meals. Some of the meals take time to cook but I am happy because I can make sure all the ingredients are safe. One time I came across recipe of snack bar. In my head, I always think that making snack bar is difficult but not until I scheme this one. It’s simple and does not require a lot of preparation.So I told to myself, why not try baking them.
I modified a bit from the original recipe, feel free to copy the recipe. I modified due to reducing sugar intake for my family. Here’s the recipe that I used ;
Ingredients :
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 10 ounces (2 1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 6 tbsp store-bought caramel sauce
Directions :
1.Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit, Line the 9 by 13 in baking sheet with aluminium slightly overhanging.
2. Stir together oats,flour, baking soda, salt and brown sugar until blended. Blend in butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal; press half of the mixture onto bottom of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes until it starts to color around the edges. Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the wire rack
3. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and caramel sauce over the baked oatmeal. Top with remaining oatmeal mixture. Bake until golden pale for 20 – 25 minutes. Allow to completely cool and cut into square.
Taste so good right after I took out from the oven since I can’t wait to try. My husband loves it when it’s still warm and I had to stop him from eating too much as I want to reserve for my daughter’s snack.
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