Diesel Dave's Oatmeal Date Nut Bars - Not Que, But...

deguerre · Feb 12, 2014

Well now. A little while back, I received a quart of liquid gold from Diesel Dave. (THANKS AGAIN NEPHEW!) Last night, I wanted a little dessert, so...I grabbed this:

And went to work. I got a recipe off the top of the canister of Quaker Oats Old Fashioned:

1/2 cup butter plus 6 tbs (WTF, 2 tbs shy of two sticks? I used 2 sticks.)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups Oats
1 cup raisins (I ditched the raisins)

So, I modified this a bit with the extra two tbs butter and leaving out the raisins. Also, at the end of the mixing, I folded in:
8 to 10 LARGE dates seeded and chopped
1/2 cup chopped raw cashews
3.5 ounces of chocolate laced with toffee bits
AND 1/4 cup of pure maple syrup

When this mixture was spread into a 13 X 11 baking dish it was topped with about 1/2 cup whole cashews and ANOTHER 1/4 cup pure maple syrup and a sprinkling of oats. Baked for 35 minutes in a 350 degree oven. They came out pretty good. :grin:

It made 16 bars. In the pan...

And served...

Here's a closer look. Oh, my...

There's only 9 of the 16 bars left this morning. Plus, with some coffee, breakfast is ready!

Thanks For Looking. :becky:

Ron_L · Feb 12, 2014

HEALTHY FOOD!!!

MY EYES!!!

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

OK... Panic attack is over.

Those look good...

:becky:

deguerre · Feb 12, 2014

These things will get ya moving. :thumb:

aquablue22 · Feb 12, 2014

Looks good Guerry, High Fiber is good for your constitution

sliding_billy · Feb 12, 2014

Sounds like a perfect bar. I need to "borrow" this one for sure.

Shagdog · Feb 12, 2014

Looks great! I bet you can hardly even taste the diesel.

ncstan · Feb 12, 2014

I could go for a couple of them this morning with my cup of Joe.

bluetang · Feb 12, 2014

Now that has got to be good!

aawa · Feb 12, 2014

I would smash those bars like no tomorrow.

peeps · Feb 12, 2014

You had me until the dates....otherwise, EXCELLENT!

DUBBAGA · Feb 12, 2014

Those look great, but as I don't have any here for my coffee, you are a farkin' icehole for not having enough to share with everyone

deguerre · Feb 12, 2014

DUBBAGA said:
Those look great, but as I don't have any here for my coffee, you are a farkin' icehole for not having enough to share with everyone

I did share. :tsk: You just have to know where to go, is all. Off to the PB! :thumb:

deguerre · Feb 12, 2014

peeps said:
You had me until the dates....otherwise, EXCELLENT!

So, pretend they're raisins. :becky:

peeps · Feb 12, 2014

deguerre said:
So, pretend they're raisins. :becky:

I think it was some covert way into tricking people into having a date with you :wink:

What would Redhot think of your blatent solicitation? :biggrin1:

fingerlickin' · Feb 12, 2014

Dang man, I'm not a huge fan of nuts but I'd be all over that. :thumb:

Need some milk though.

deguerre · Feb 12, 2014

Good idea. Milk would be good! And I don't even like milk. :thumb:

These are like oatmeal cookies on steroids. In fact, it's a cookie recipe, but it also gives the cook time for cooking them as a sheet, all brownie like, and such...

Redhot · Feb 12, 2014

Yah, glad all I had for dinner was a tin of kippers and a cup of greens 'cause I ate 4 of those suckers over a two hour period.

They are SO delicious! I'll have to remember to only have one tonight though, as they do get ya movin'! :roll:

dadsr4 · Feb 12, 2014

Raisins would have been better, but I would settle for dates. Good job!

deguerre · Feb 12, 2014

Redhot said:
...I'll have to remember to only have one tonight though, as they do get ya movin'! :roll:

Well, that explains your morning! :becky:

aawa · Feb 12, 2014

deguerre said:
Well, that explains your morning! :becky:

Get a room!

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