Wonderful homemade chewy snack bars ready with maple-flavored syrup, peanut butter, quick-cooking oats and dried cranberries – perfect for a dessert.
Chewy Oatmeal Snack Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
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
Instructions
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Step1Grease 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.
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Step2Stir 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.
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;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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