Golden Raisin Coconut Oat Bars Recipes

OATMEAL-RAISIN BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch square baking pan. Line bottom with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides; butter paper.
• In a large bowl, whisk together butter, sugars, egg, salt, and cinnamon until smooth. Add flour, oats, and raisins; fold in just until combined.
• Spread batter in prepared pan, and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Using paper overhang, lift cake onto a work surface; cut into 16 bars.

OLD-FASHIONED OATMEAL RAISIN BARS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and cinnamon. Stir in sour cream until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into eggs; return all to pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Gently stir in raisins. Cool to room temperature without stirring., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. , Firmly press 3-1/2 cups of crumb mixture into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Spread with raisin filling. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Refrigerate leftovers.

CHEWY COCONUT RAISIN BARS

Steps:

• Beat butter till light and fluffy. Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Stir in 1 cup flour and 2/3 cup of the coconut.
• Press into ungreased 9 inch square pan and bake at 350F for 20 minutes, or till golden brown.
• Beat eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in brown sugar. Stir in 2 tbsp flour and the baking powder. Stir in raisins and 1 c of the coconut.
• Pour over crust in pan and bake @ 15 minutes longer. Sprinkle with chips.
• Cover with foil 2-3 minutes until chips soften. Carefully spread to frost.
• Sprinkle with remaining coconut.
• Cool and cut into bars. Garnish with additional raisins.

GOLDEN RAISIN BARS.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Combine.oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and baking powder in a large bowl.
• Mix. in butter with fingers or a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly.Add golden raisins and apricots.
• PAT mixture firmly into a ungreased 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Cool in pan 30 minutes. Cut into bars and cool completely. Remove from pan with metal spatula.
• For a quick dessert. serve with vanilla ice cream or sandwich two cookies with ice cream and freeze.
• Serve frozen.

CHEWY EVIL OATMEAL RAISIN COCONUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl cream together butter, shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs and vanilla until fluffy.
• Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. Gradually beat into butter mixture. Stir in oats, raisins and coconut.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto parchment-covered baking sheets.
• Bake about 11-13 minutes until golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Store in airtight container to keep the cookies soft and chewy.