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{almost} nutri-grain bars [original recipe]

My girls enjoy {nutri-grain} cereal bars [and the generic equivalents], but I really wanted to know that they were actually getting good nutrients out of it [especially when it was breakfast!], AND I was wondering about cutting the cost. So I googled it [lol] and found the above recipe to be the closest to something I was looking for. After making it according to that recipe, I made a few tweaks and made another pan -and they are [both] YUMMO!

breakfast {in a bar}: 

[preheat: 325. grease: 9x13. bake: 30 min]

[dry] stir together:

1 1/3 cup wheat flour

1 1/3 cup rolled oats

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp each salt/baking powder

1/4 tsp allspice

[wet] mix together:

1 egg

1/2 cup [homemade] applesauce {what I used was homemade apple/pear butter}

1 tsp vanilla extract

[filling] 

10 oz [aprox 1/14 cup] jelly or jam [homemade is wonderful here] 

{I omitted the water and simply warmed it on the stovetop to help it be spreadable.}

1/4 cup mixed dried fruit and 2 Tbsp nut chopped {I used dry, roasted edemame as we have a nut allergy in the house.} 

directions:

combine dry and wet ingredients. proceed as the other recipe: 1/2 spread in the bottom of a 9x13 greased pan. spread out the jelly. sprinkle with the dried fruits/nuts. cover with other 1/2 of the oat mixture {the oat dough is quite sticky and is not really spreadable so it can be a slightly messy process}. 

bake at 325 for 30 minutes. can make 12+ bars depending upon how large you cut them.

Wrap individually in wax paper for easy grabbing. place in plastic bag/container. 

Currently, they have kept about 5 days at room temp, but I am sure they would keep longer in the refrigerator. though I am not sure you will need them to!

ENJOY!

I have not yet figured out the cost per bar [equivalent size to the prepackaged], but I do know that these TASTE so much BETTER.

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