Category: Bars

This recipe was adapted from Doctor Oz’s 2 Ingredient Banana Oat Cookie recipe.

3 bananas
2 cups oatmeal
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a mixing bowl, mash the bananas. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.
Drop by spoonful on cookie sheets and flatten with a fork, or line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, scoop all of the dough onto it and flatten to make cookie bars.
Bake for 10 – 15 minutes.
Let cool and remove from pan.
I made these in the toaster oven as cookie bars and they came out great.

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I was craving chocolate yesterday, so I made some homemade chocolate chip granola bars. YUMMMM! They were super good!
I modified the Chewy Peanut Bars from the book Living the GI Diet by Rick Gallop.
Here’s the homemade chocolate chip granola bar recipe I came up with:

1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup oat bran
1/4 wheat germ
1/3 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 – 3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 egg
1/4 packed brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla
squirt of honey
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350.
In a large bowl, combine the oats, oat bran, wheat germ, flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
In another large bowl, combine the egg, brown sugar, vanilla and honey. Add the oat mixture and stir. Add the chocolate chips and stir.
Spray an 8 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray and add the dough. Pat and spread the dough evenly.
Bake 12 – 15 minutes until firm to the touch.
Cool and cut into bars.

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I made these cookie bars for Thanksgiving. Quick, easy and delicious! Also contains lots of Vitamin A thanks to the pumpkin puree.

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt, I didn’t add this
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 can pumpkin puree
1 cup chopped pecans, optional

Preheat oven to 350. Spray a 13x9x2 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, with an electric mixer on medium speed, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Add pumpkin, stir until well combined. Gradually add flour mixture, beating just until blended. Optionally, fold in pecans with a spatula.
Spread batter in a 13×9 pan and bake 15 – 20 minutes or until edges start to turn lightly golden.

Icing:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 to 2 tbs half and half or milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
In a small bowl, combine confectioner’s sugar, 1 tbs of the cream or milk, and vanilla extract. With a small fork or whisk, blend until icing is smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Add more cream or milk as needed to achieve the right consistency. Drizzle over cooled cookie bars.

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These are my favorite cookies. Delicious!!!!

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1 cup(2 sticks) country crock, or unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet, or Hersheys dark, chocolate chips
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Preheat oven to 375F. Spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Combine flour, baking soda, oatmeal & cinnamon in a small bowl. Beat country crock or butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar & vanilla extract in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs, beating after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips and blueberries.
Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
These are great served with a cold glass of milk.

Health Benefits
Even though these are cookies, they do have a few healthful ingredients.
Cinnamon is great for helping lower cholesterol and blood sugar and reduce arthritis pain.
Oatmeal provides fiber.
I use the Country Crock which contains calcium plus Vitamin D.
Dark chocolate is full of antioxidants and helps lower blood pressure.
Blueberries are also full of antioxidants and help improve memory, protect against aging, cancer, heart disease, urinary tract infections, constipation and improve mood.

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