Orange-Date Oat Bars
Need a dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan hor d'oeuvre? Orange-Date Oat Bars could be an amazing recipe to try. For 45 cents per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 259 calories, 3g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 16. It is brought to you by Vegetarian Times. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. 17 people were impressed by this recipe. If you have baking soda, salt, dates, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. With a spoonacular score of 21%, this dish is not so super. Try Date Oat Bars, Vegan Date Bananan Oat Bars, and Sunday Brunch: Oat and Date Bars for similar recipes.
Servings: 16
Ingredients:
½ tsp. baking soda
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 1/3 cups chopped dates
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
1 1/3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
½ cup orange juice
1 Tbs. grated orange zest
½ cup chopped pecans
½ tsp. salt
¾ cup nonhydrogenated vegetable shortening
Equipment:
baking pan
oven
food processor
frying pan
Cooking instruction summary:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.2. Simmer juice, dates, zest, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1 cup water 15 minutes over medium heat, or until thickened.3. Pulse oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and remaining cinnamon several times in food processor. Add shortening, and blend until combined.4. Press half oat mixture in prepared pan. Top with date mixture. Add pecans to remaining oat mixture. Press on top.5. Bake 50 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Cool, and cut into bars.
Step by step:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
2. Simmer juice, dates, zest, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon and 1 cup water 15 minutes over medium heat, or until thickened.
3. Pulse oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and remaining cinnamon several times in food processor.
4. Add shortening, and blend until combined.
5. Press half oat mixture in prepared pan. Top with date mixture.
6. Add pecans to remaining oat mixture. Press on top.
7. Bake 50 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Cool, and cut into bars.
Nutrition Information:
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