Celebrate Oatmeal

6. January, 2010

January is officially oatmeal month! Oatmeal is affordable, delicious and a nutritious way to start your day! Don’t just settle for the usually oatmeal and raisin cookies though, there are tons of great recipes out there you’ll definitely love. Click here to see an entire list from Quaker Oats or try out the recipe below to get you started in celebrating oatmeal month!
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Oatmeal Caramel White Chip Bars

Ingredients

CRUST
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1-1/4 cups (2-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups Quick Quaker® Oats, uncooked

FILLING
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) white chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup caramel or butterscotch caramel fudge topping
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Preparation

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan. For crust, beat flour, sugar, butter, baking soda and salt in large bowl with electric mixer until crumbly. Beat in oats on low speed just until combined. Press half of mixture (about 2-1/2 cups) into bottom of baking pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool in pan for 2 minutes. For filling, sprinkle chips and nuts over crust. Blend caramel topping with flour. Drizzle over morsels and nuts. Crumble remaining oat mixture over nuts. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.