Apple bars

Apple Breakfast Bars
1 ½ cups quick oatmeal
¼ cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup raisins
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup orange juice
1 ½ cups raw apples, shredded

Step 1:

Mix all ingredients together. The only liquid ingredient you mix in is the ¼ cup orange juice which isn’t very much. I started out stirring my ingredients together with a wooden spoon which didn’t go over very well. I had a hard time getting the flour and oats moist. So, when a wooden spoon fails you, use your hands! As I began to mix the ingredients together with my fingers the juices from the shredded apples helped moisten up the dry ingredients and everything mixed together very nicely.

Step 2:

Press the mixture into an 8”x8” baking dish. Pretty self-explanatory!

Step 3: 

Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes; until light lightly browned.

Step 4:

Cut around the edges of the Breakfast Bars to loosen them up. Work your spatula underneath all sides as well to free the bars from the pan.

Step 5:

Cut the bars while they are still warm.