Sassys Awesome Breakfast Bars Recipes

BREAKFAST BARS WITH OATS AND COCONUT

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or using a handheld mixer and a large bowl, cream almond butter, granulated and brown sugars, and butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add egg, egg white, salt and vanilla, and mix until well incorporated, occasionally scraping the side and bottom of bowl, about 1 minute longer.
• Put oats in a small bowl, sift the baking soda over them, and beat into almond butter mixture. With the mixer on low speed, stir in coconut flakes, cherries and seeds until thoroughly mixed. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly against the surface of the dough (still in the bowl) and refrigerate for at least 6 hours and up to 2 days. (This allows the oats to hydrate.)
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a metal 9-inch square baking pan with butter and line it with parchment paper, leaving about 2 inches to hang over 2 sides of the pan and use as handles later. Grease the parchment paper as well.
• Scrape dough into the prepared baking pan. Lightly grease a large spatula and firmly press the mixture into the pan in an even layer. Bake until the surface is light golden brown and firm, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Transfer to a rack and allow bars to cool completely in the pan. Once cooled, use a butter knife or small offset spatula to cut along the inside edges of the pan and release the bars. Using the parchment paper overhang, lift bars out of the pan and place them on a cutting board. Cut into 18 bars. Store at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days.

SASSY'S AWESOME BREAKFAST BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease with cooking spray 2 9x13 pans.
• Combine dry ingredients into large bowl.
• Combine wet ingredients into a large bowl (I use my biggest Tupperware mixing bowl).
• Use heavy duty mixer or mix by hand, mixture will be very thick.
• Combine dry ingredients into wet ingredients, a little at a time, mixture will be very thick when all is combined.
• Stir in all the fruit and nuts with wooden spoon.
• Pour into greased pans and smooth tops.
• I put both pans on same rack. If you have a small oven, place 1 pan on each rack, then switch pans half way through baking.
• Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour. Check after 50 minutes with toothpick. If clean, bars are done, if not try 5 to 10 more minutes.
• Cooling bars completely will make cutting them into bars easier.
• After the bars are cool, I cut and then put each into a freezer bag and freeze. Then every morning I take one out and let sit while my tea steeps--usually it's thawed out by the time I'm ready to drink my tea. I like mine cold or room temp, however DH likes them heated in the microwave!