Chewy Spice Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat together sugars and margarine until well blended.
• Add apple butter, egg whites, milk and vanilla; beat well.
• Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; mix well.
• Stir in oats and raisins; mix well (Dough will be moist).
• Spread dough onto bottom of ungreased 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• Cool completely before cutting into bars.
• Store tightly covered.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine butter, 1 cup sugar and molasses. Beat in egg until smooth. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and salt; stir into the molasses mixture. , Spread into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned (do not overbake). Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• Mix together sugars, yogurt, egg white, oil, milk and vanilla.
• Sift together dry ingredients and add to mixture.
• Stir in oats and raisins.
• Spread dough onto an ungreased 9x13-inch pan.
• Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned.

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in large bowl.
• Heat and stir corn syrup, margarine and peanut butter in small saucepan on medium for 3-5 minutes until margarine is melted and mixture is hot but not boiling.
• Add to rolled oats mixture. Mix well.
• Line 8x8 inch (20x20 cm) pan with foil, leaving 1 inch (2.5 cm) overhang on 2 sides.
• Grease foil with cooking spray.
• Press mixture evenly in pan. Cover.
• Chill for about 1 hour until firm.
• Holding foil, remove mixture from pan. Discard foil.
• Cut mixture in half. Cut each half crosswise into 5 bars.
• Press bottom of each bar in pumpkin seeds in small shallow dish until coated.
• Wrap bars individually in pastic wrap.
• Store at room temperature for up to 2 weeks or freeze for up to 3 months.

Steps:

• Brush a 13 x 9 inch baking dish with oil, then line with parchment paper or foil, pressing paper down firmly so it stays. Leave a slight overhang of paper.
• In mixing bowl cream the margarine or butter until light. Add the sugars and beat until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla and mix in well.
• In a separate bowl mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice and ginger. Mix into the batter, then stir in the oatmeal and raisins.
• Press dough evenly into the lined baking pan. (This is the messy part.) The dough will be a bit sticky and there will seem to be almost not enough to fill the pan.
• Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until golden. Bake a bit less for chewier bars, a bit more for crispy bars.
• Let cool for 3 or 4 minutes, then lift gently out of the pan. Cool a couple more minutes, cut into squares, then cool fully.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• Cream butter until smooth and gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in eggs and orange rind and juice.
• Sift dry ingredients and blend into mixture.
• Fold in sultanas and walnuts.
• Sread into greased tray and bake for approximately 30 minutes at 180°C.
• Cool slightly after removing from oven, cut into fingers or squares.
• Cool.
• Ice with an orange or lemon icing.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk and vanilla. Combine oats, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg and cloves; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars.

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and ground spices. In another bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add molasses, egg, flour mixture, crystallized ginger, and zest and beat until a dough forms.
• On a sheet of wax paper pat dough into an 8-by-5 inch rectangle, about 1 inch thick. Chill dough, wrapped in wax paper, 4 hours, or until firm.
• (After the dough has been formed into a rectangle it can be kept in the refrigerator for one week or the freezer for one month. Thaw the frozen dough in the refrigerator until sliceable, about four hours. The baked cookies keep in airtight containers at room temperature for four days.)
• Preheat oven to 350° F. and lightly butter 2 baking sheets.
• Cut dough crosswise into slices about 1/6 inch thick and arrange about 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake bars in batches in middle of oven until deep golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes, and transfer to racks to cool. The baked cookies keep in airtight containers at room temperature for four days.