Posts Tagged ‘dried fruit’
banana oatmeal ‘monkey bars’
Confession time. Although my blog is filled with homemade sweets and treats, and I fully support baking from scratch 99% of the time, I will confess I have a few boxes of brownie and cake mix sitting in my pantry. Sometimes you get a sweet tooth that is impatient, or you forget a coworker’s birthday, or you’re just plain lazy – but regardless, box mixes can be handy. There are cooks and books out there completely devoted to box mixes and the wonders they can do, but most of the time, I try to start from scratch.
Unless there’s the possibility of $5,000 on the line.
Betty Crocker is hosting a recipe contest right now which requires one of their pre-bagged cookie mixes and no more than 9 additional ingredients. I love a challenge, especially one with parameters, so I went at the contest with gusto. And a serious craving for wintry banana-raisin oatmeal for breakfast.
These are almost cake-like bars, but sweet and tender with the special addition of banana chip “sprinkles” as I came to call them. A perfect way to use up bananas on the cusp of being thrown away, the flavors and nature of these bars make them the perfect dessert, snack, or even breakfast. What? Oh come on, I’m not the only one who has cookie bars for breakfast.
… right?
B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
