{"id":530,"date":"2008-11-19T18:08:21","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T22:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glutenfreeislife.wordpress.com\/?p=530"},"modified":"2008-11-19T18:08:21","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T22:08:21","slug":"oatmeal-raisin-bars-gluten-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glutenfreeislife.com\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Oatmeal Raisin Bars ~ Gluten-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love oatmeal raisin anything. Always have. I was really bummed when I had to go gluten-free that oatmeal was out and there was nothing I could do about it. Nothing until gluten-free oats came onto the market. They aren’t cheap, but they are worth every penny. I was never a huge fan of oatmeal as a hot cereal, just in recipes like apple crisp, oatmeal raisin cookies, meatloaf, etc. I read Carrots’N’Cake<\/a>, a blog, daily and Tina posted a great looking recipe for oatmeal raisin bars. It looked easy enough to convert to gluten-free, so I gave it a try the other day. The pumpkin raisin bars I made the other day were also a recipe that Tina posted last week. She is one great baker!<\/p>\n

Before baking:<\/p>\n

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On my plate, ready to chow!<\/p>\n

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Oatmeal Raisin Bars<\/strong> (Courtesy of Tina at Carrots & Cake)<\/em>
\nModified to be gluten-free<\/p>\n

Makes 9 bars
\nIngredients:
\n2 cups dry oats
\n3\/4 cup all-purpose flour (I used Pamela\u2019s Baking & Pancake Mix; if you use a regular GF Flour Mix, make sure to add xanthan gum, 3\/4 tsp per)
\n1\/2 cup packed brown sugar
\n1\/4 cup sugar
\n1\/2 cup canola oil
\n2 eggs
\n1\/2 tsp salt
\n1\/2 tsp cinnamon
\n1 cup raisins
\nDirections:
\n1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8-inch square baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
\n2. In a large mixing bowl, combine ingredients until smooth.
\n3. Spread batter in prepared baking pan, and bake for approximately 25-30 minutes until bars are cooked all the way through.
\n4. Let bars cool completely in pan before cutting.<\/p>\n

I brought some of these to a friend of mine the other night when we met for dinner and she loved them! She asked for the recipe and I passed it along. She doesn’t even have to eat GF and she like them! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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