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Chewy Oatmeal Snack Bars

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  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 2 hr 15 min
  • Servings 24
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Wonderful homemade chewy snack bars ready with maple-flavored syrup, peanut butter, quick-cooking oats and dried cranberries – perfect for a dessert.
Updated Nov 9, 2010
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2/3 cup maple-flavored syrup
  • 2/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 1 cup wheat germ
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1 cup cherry- or orange-flavored sweetened dried cranberries

Steps

  •  
    1
    Grease bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with shortening. Melt butter in 2-quart saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and maple syrup; heat to boiling. Boil 1 minute, stirring frequently; remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla until mixture is smooth.
  •  
    2
    Stir remaining ingredients into peanut butter mixture, mixing well. Press evenly in pan. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Honey can be used instead of the maple syrup, and old-fashioned oats can be used instead of the quick-cooking oats.

Nutrition

160 Calories, 9g Total Fat, 5g Protein, 31g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Bar
Calories
160
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
Saturated Fat
3g
Cholesterol
10mg
Sodium
90mg
Total Carbohydrate
31g
Dietary Fiber
16g
Protein
5g
% Daily Value*:
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Fruit;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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