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Filled Oatmeal Bars
Oatmeal bars are a nutritious
snack you can make quickly and
easily in your microwave. These
filled bars are soft and chewy, and
can be adapted to your own taste
by changing the filling.
Fill them with fruit, with gooey
caramel, or chocolate for a
sweeter taste. If you’re in a big
hurry, fill them with jam or jelly
and you don’t even have to mix up
a filling!
A microwave cooks bar cookies
easily and quickly. Most con
ventional bar cookie recipes or
mixes can be microwaved without
any changes. However, the texture
will be different from those baked
conventionally. Microwaved bars
will not brown and usually, are
softer and less crunchy than range
baked bars.
Microwaving Bar Cookies
1. Bar cookies microwave best
on medium (50,5) power. If you
turn the power down to medium
when directions call for high,
double the time given for high
power.
2. Do not grease and flour the
pan. Some recipes call for greasing
a pan, when necessary. Otherwise,
no pan preparation is necessary.
3. To prevent the comers from
overcooking (becoming dry or
hard) shield them with triangles of
aluminum foil. When you use foil
for shielding, keep the foil 1 inch or
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more away from the oven walls,
and look through the window to
check for arcing (sparks) when
you turn the power on.
4. Covering the pan with wax
paper will help the cookies bake
evenly.
5. Bar cookies are done when the
center has raised. A small damp
looking spot may remain in the
center. If you are using a clear
glass pan, check for doneness on
the center of the bottom. Very little
unbaked batter should appear.
Bar cookies will cook a little
more during standing time, so
don’t overcook them. Cookies that
are hard or dry are overcooked.
6. Let the pan sit directly on a
countertop or bread board for 5 to
10 minutes standing time to finish
cooking.
7. If you are adapting a con
ventional recipe, bake the cookies
on medium (50,5) for 8 to 12
minutes, or until the center raises,
then bake on high for 1 to 3 minutes
until done.
You can “hide” extra nutrition
in these bars by adding a
tablespoon of soy flour, wheat
germ and powdered milk when
mixing the base. (See the Tips
below.) So, pick your favorite
ingredients and mix’em up. Just be
prepared to mix some more,
because they’ll disappear fast!
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Filled Oatmeal Bars
% cup packed brown sugar
1V« cup flour
teaspoon salt
V 2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
1 stick margarine or butter
1 recipe filling, see below
1. Combine dry ingredients in a
mixing bowl. Melt margarine in a 8
x 8-inch glass or plastic pan.
(Microwave on high tor 45 to 60
seconds.) Tip pan to coat bottom,
then stir melted margarine into
dry ingredients until well mixed.
2. Put 2 cups cookie base into pan
used for melting margarine. Press
down firmly.
3. Prepare filling desired.
4. Spread filling on top of base in
pan, and sprinkle remaining
cookie mixture evenly over the top.
Press down gently.
5. Cover with waxed paper and
microwave on medium for 10 to 12
minutes, rotating pan every 4
minutes, until center of cookies
start to feel firm. Filling may
bubble through top in places,
depending on which filling is used.
Let bars cool about 20 minutes,
then cut into squares while still
warm. Remove from pan when
cold. Makes 16 large or 25 small
squares.
Raisin or Date: 1 cup raisins or
chopped dates, V« cup sugar, 1
tablespoon cornstarch, Vb cup
water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Combine all in a 4 cup measure or
micro-safe bowl. Microwave on
high for 3 minutes, stirring once,
until hot, bubbly and thick.
Caramel: 30 caramels (square
candies, unwrapped!), 3
tablespoons milk. Combine in 4-
cup measure or micro-safe bowl.
Microwave on high for 2 to 3
minutes, stirring each minute until
caramels melt. Stir until smooth.
Chocolate: 1 cup chocolate chips,
3 tablespoons milk. Combine in a 2-
cup measure and microwave on
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4,1957-B9
Deadline Extended For NX.
Beef Recipe Contest
WYOMING, NY - The New
York Beef Recipe Contest, spon
sored by the New York Cat
tlewomen, has been extended until
May 1 and plans have been
finalized for a Beef Cook-Off in
June at The Mall in Albany. This
gives amateur cooks an added
incentive to submit their favorite
beef recipes for consideration.
A new barbecue or outdoor
cooking category has been added
to the state and national com
petitions. Recipes for both the
indoor and outdoor cooking
categories must use a minimum of
one pound and no more than five
pounds of beef. Preparation and
cooking time may not exceed four
hours, explained contest chairman
Eleanor Carlson of Wyoming. She
said recipes on both the state and
national level will be judged on the
medium (50,5) for 2 to 3 minutes,
then stir until smooth.
Jam, Jelly: Use your favorite
flavor; spread 3 /4 cup jam or '/z cup
jelly over cookie base. Warm jelly
in microwave on high for 30
seconds so it spreads more easily.
Try cranberry jelly for a change!
Tips: To increase nutritional
value of bars use the following in
making the dough; 7/8 cup white
flour (1 cup minus 2 tablespoons),
V 4 cup whole wheat flour; and 1
tablespoon each wheat germ, soy
flour and dry powdered milk.
Other ingredients remain the
same.
Note: The times above are for
microwaves with 600-700 watts; for
500 W, add 10-15 seconds to each
minute.
Copyright 1987, Lani Bloomer
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basis of taste, appearance,
originality, ease of preparation
and practicality.
All recipes entered in the 1987
New York Beef Recipe Contest will
be eligible for the Albany Cook-Off
with the cook-off winners in the
indoor and outdoor categories
named to represent New York in
the National Cook-Off Sept. 20-22 in
Sun Valley, Idaho.
The first, second and third place
Beef Recipe Contest winners in
each of the two categories will be
competing in the Albany Cook-Off
and each will receive $5O toward
expenses to Albany. The first prize
winner in each category will
receive a cash prize of $l5O plus
$5OO toward expenses to the
National Cook-Off. Second place
winners in each category will
receive $125 and third place
winners, $lOO.
Contestants in the Recipe
Contest (and the Cook-Off) must be
18 years or older and have non
professional food status. Mrs.
Carlson explained that anyone who
owns beef or dairy cattle in the 12
months preceding the 1987 Cook-
Off or who lives in a household
where any person owns cattle is
ineligible for the New York Beef
Recipe Contest.
Contestants should submit three
copies of their recipe and should
include their name, address,
telephone number and a brief
statement abcut the origin of the
recipe. Entries must be post
marked by May 1 and mailed to
Eleanor Carlson, 1840 State Rd. 19,
Wyoming, N.Y. 14591.
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