Best Honey Nut Oat Bar Cookies Recipes

HONEY NUT OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Beat together brown sugar with wet ingredients in one bowl using an electric hand mixer. Mixture won't cream together, but mix as thoroughly as you can.
• In another bowl combine your dry ingredients and mix well.
• Fold wet ingredients into your dry ingredients until well combined and moistened. I use a spatula since mixture gets very sticky.
• Chill dough for 20 minutes before spooning onto a cookie sheet. Cookies do not spread while cooking, so you'll want to flatten them with a fork.
• Bake cookies for about 10-15 minutes depending on size. They should be done when they are light brown around the edges. Be careful not to overbake.

HONEY-OAT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, peanuts, chocolate chips and sunflower kernels. Stir in butter, honey and vanilla until combined (mixture will be crumbly). Press into a greased parchment-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan., Bake 15-20 minutes or until browned and bubbly. Cool 15 minutes on a wire rack; cut into squares. Cool completely before removing from pan. Freeze option: Wrap each cooled bar in plastic; freeze until firm. To use, thaw bar at room temperature or, if desired, unwrap and place on a microwave-safe plate and microwave on high for 15-20 seconds or until heated through.

OATMEAL-FRUIT-NUT BARS (FROM SARA SNOW)

Steps:

• Stir together dry ingredients (flour, salt, baking soda and spices).
• In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars. Add in honey, eggs and vanilla. Slowly add in dry mixture and beat together. Stir in oats, applesauce, coconut, fruit and nuts.
• Drop spoonfuls onto baking sheet; bake 12-14 minutes at 350.
• OR, if making bars,.
• Spread evenly into a large, glass baking pan; bake 20-25 minutes.

HONEY NUT OAT BISCOTTI

Steps:

• In bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in honey.
• Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; beat in vanilla.
• Mix together flour, rolled oats, pecans, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture until moistened.
• On large greased baking sheet, spoon batter into two 10 x 2 inch logs, smoothing surface with floured fingers.
• Bake in 350 F.
• oven for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Let cool on pan for 5 minutes.
• Transfer logs to cutting board; cut diagonally into 1/2 inch thick slices.
• Stand slices up, slightly apart, on baking sheet.
• Reduce heat to 325 F.
• ;bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden and almost firm to the touch.
• Remove to rack and let cool.
• (Cookies can be stored in airtight container for up to 1 week.) Makes 30 cookies.
• VARIATION: Honey Nut Apricot Biscotti: For this softer, less crunchy version of the classic biscotti, reduce pecans to 3/4 cup and add 1/3 cup chopped dried apricots.
• Canadian Living Per cookie: about 145 calories, 2 g.
• protein, 6 g fat, 20 g carbohydrate.

HONEY NUT STACKS OF SNACKS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In 2-quart saucepan, heat brown sugar and butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Remove from heat.
• Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour mixture into ungreased 13x9-inch pan. With rubber spatula, spread mixture in pan until even.
• Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until edges are golden brown and firm. Remove from oven to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• With table knife, cut baked mixture into 6 rows by 6 rows to make 36 bars. Store in loosely covered container.

HONEY OATMEAL CHEWY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter, honey and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla.
• Mix together dry ingedients.
• Slowly add to creamed mixture.
• Stir in oatmeal, coconut and nuts.
• Spread into greased 13x9 pan.
• Bake 20-25 minutes in 350 degree oven.
• Cool and cut into bars.
• Store airtight with a piece of fresh bread to keep them soft.

DATE-NUT HONEY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk flour, oats and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Press onto bottom and 1/2 in. up sides of an ungreased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake until edges begin to brown, 16-20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack., For filling, in a large saucepan, combine honey, apple jelly and butter over medium heat; stir until jelly and butter are melted. Remove from heat; whisk in brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. In a small bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; whisk into honey mixture. Fold in walnuts and dates. Pour over crust; spread evenly. Bake until golden brown, 24-28 minutes. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.