Peanut Butter Oat Bars

I still don’t know whether this was a bad idea or not. I fell asleep last night with this idea in my head that I wanted to make oat bars, something that was more cookie than granola bar. So I plagiarized the dough recipe from a cookie recipe I liked, and substituted some flour for oats. I also added peanut butter and concocted my own brown sugar using molasses.

Ingredients:

• 2 Cup Oats
• 2 Cup Flour
• 1.5 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Butter
• ¼ Cup Peanut Butter
• 2 Tbsp Molasses*
• 1 Tsp Baking Soda
• 1 Tsp Salt
• 2 Eggs

*Alternatively, you can substitute the molasses and sugar for: 1 Cup White Sugar + ½ Cup Brown Sugar.

Instructions:

1. Mix the wet ingredients: sugar, butter, peanut butter, molasses, eggs.
2. Mix in the rest of the ingredients (dry stuff).
3. Set the oven to 350F. Shape the dough into bars, and place them on a tray to put in the oven. Bake for 12-15 minutes.
4. Take out the tray and let cool.

Verdict:

There weren’t enough oats. I think next time I’d do 1.5 cup flour, 2.5 cup oats.