Half-Time Sunshine Bars

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 20bars (1 bar per serving)
  • About This Recipe

    “This works great for a hungry bunch of kids playing out on the field or court. Or just have them at breakfast when you’re in a hurry. Can be frozen.”

    Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cupsold fashioned oats
  • 1cupflour, all-purpose
  • 1/2 cupbrown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1teaspooncinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1cuporange juice
  • 1/4 cupvegetable oil
  • 1egg, beaten
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • 6ouncesdried mixed fruit, diced
  • 2tablespoonsold fashioned oats
  • Directions

  • Heat oven to 375 degrees and grease a 13×9-inch pan.
  • Combine 1 1/2 cups oat, flour, sugar, cinnamon, soda and salt.
  • To your dry ingredients add the juice, oil, egg and vanilla; mix well.
  • Stir in fruit.
  • Spread into the bottom of the pan.
  • Sprinkle with the 2 tablespoons of oats.
  • Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned and the edges start to pull away from sides of the pan.
  • Cool completely, cut into bars and store in a covered container.
  • Reviews

  • “The only dried fruits I had were raisins.It was great.It’s like a cake but in bars.The taste is really good.Thanks Charlotte :)Made for Bargain Basement tag game”

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