{"id":117627,"date":"2025-03-07T10:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/bread\/a-quick-oatmeal-cookie-bar\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:41:35","slug":"a-quick-oatmeal-cookie-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=117627","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Oatmeal Cookie Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-6832540264739712209\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjQsSGQJ_8F1M2ZLOVCu6UQ3PdzdaltdpwpIuVDQjl_BDGKaOaqDlvFcphi187ajagUR_MXsbS3-r-xp1sYQCdWPTqW536UKh_XUUQhqlJ_Bj__1hpVrM1FRW_JnaP89YiP-f3Va7U8pDdL8K4O3wqD9N2xkSn8gr_ZKYW32TUsmP1WBNGFni1M1A\/s451\/aspencookies2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"451\" data-original-width=\"385\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjQsSGQJ_8F1M2ZLOVCu6UQ3PdzdaltdpwpIuVDQjl_BDGKaOaqDlvFcphi187ajagUR_MXsbS3-r-xp1sYQCdWPTqW536UKh_XUUQhqlJ_Bj__1hpVrM1FRW_JnaP89YiP-f3Va7U8pDdL8K4O3wqD9N2xkSn8gr_ZKYW32TUsmP1WBNGFni1M1A\/s320\/aspencookies2.jpg\" width=\"273\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I really enjoy having friends over for tea. I have a wooden tray, complete with a paper doily, that I keep at the ready on top of the microwave. It holds my favorite teapot, two saucers and teacups, cream and sugar, and a small plate from cookies. I often use my violet patterned tea cups and saucers. Sometimes I include a violet patterned teapot and matching creamer and sugar bowl, and a violet patterned cookie plate, for a full violet tea&#8230;just for fun.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday a friend, who is a hard working teacher with a long commute, and I were finally able to find a time to do tea together here. We&#8217;re neighbors, too, so it seems absurd that it took so long, but she is also the busy Mom of two busy teens and her property has extensive gardens that need care.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing was that we didn&#8217;t actually set the time until about two hours before we were having tea. I realized that I had nothing to serve with the tea, so quickly set about baking a quick cookie from Maida Heatter&#8217;s original cookie book.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal of the Oatmeal Cookie Bars was that they only had a few ingredients, that one of them was melted butter so no time needed to soften butter, and that they went together in a saucepan. I embellished them a bit with an extra 1\/4 cup flour to help them hold together, plus some dried cranberries for color and flavor and chew.<\/p>\n<p>These are pretty crumbly cookies, even with the flour. They are chewy and buttery and delicious, but fairly plain. Perfect with a humble tea, but not fancy enough for a fancy tea. Quick, easy, simple ingredients that you probably have on hand&#8230;what&#8217;s not to like?<\/p>\n<p>One tip&#8230;line your pan with foil and butter that. Another&#8230;pack the mixture firmly into the pan before baking. Another&#8230;let them cool until barely tepid before taking out of the pan and cutting&#8230;and use a sharp long knife.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj2_EtbMBSP382hckYhN4SW53Ad9lVO7tLxXYdvD46ABQNqyWjzYAWrW2zLYysVUba9-iUjHeFb-k3CBbo2BnJnQY8kpfMeJFd4Xp9lZM1hEVUr8wnw2cQjVo_z4TavKGQSwwQ1LN3T-YxKFR7sOlKwO3p6EFCLdxcoOWrSV2UAAkgadKiAhn5Qlg\/s480\/aspencookies1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"360\" data-original-width=\"480\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj2_EtbMBSP382hckYhN4SW53Ad9lVO7tLxXYdvD46ABQNqyWjzYAWrW2zLYysVUba9-iUjHeFb-k3CBbo2BnJnQY8kpfMeJFd4Xp9lZM1hEVUr8wnw2cQjVo_z4TavKGQSwwQ1LN3T-YxKFR7sOlKwO3p6EFCLdxcoOWrSV2UAAkgadKiAhn5Qlg\/s320\/aspencookies1.jpg\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>Aspen Oatmeal Bars<\/b><br \/>adapted from Maida Heatter&#8217;s Book of Great Cookies<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\/4 pound (1 stick\/8 oz.) butter<br \/>1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed<br \/>1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder<br \/>1\/4 cup all-purpose flour<br \/>1\/4 teaspoon salt<br \/>2 cups old-fashioned or quick-cooking (not &#8216;instant&#8217;) oatmeal<br \/>1\/3 to 1\/2 cup moist dried cranberries<\/p>\n<p>Adjust a rack to the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan, or line with foil and butter. Set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Place the butter and sugar in a medium-size saucepan. Stir over moderate heat until melted.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the pan from the heat. Mix together the baking powder, flour and salt. Through a fine strainer add this mixture to the melted butter mixture and stir until smooth. Stir in the oats. It will be a thick mixture. Stir in the dried cranberries until well distributed.<\/p>\n<p>Turn the dough into the prepared pan. Use a flexible spatula to press the dough into a smooth, compact layer.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 25 minutes. The cake will still be soft but it will harden as it cools. Do not bake any longer.<\/p>\n<p>While the cake is still warm, cut around the sides with a blunt knife (like a butter knife) to release the sides, but then let the cake finish cooling in the pan. Use the foil to remove the cooled cake to a cutting board.<\/p>\n<p>With a sharp knife cut the cake into quarters (I used a serrated long bread knife). Cut each quarter into bars or squares.<\/p>\n<p>Any remaining cookies should be stored in an airtight container.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoy having friends over for tea. I have a wooden tray, complete with a paper doily, that I keep at the ready on top of the microwave. It holds my favorite teapot, two saucers and teacups, cream and sugar, and a small plate from cookies. 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