{"id":7069,"date":"2015-03-13T07:21:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=7069"},"modified":"2015-03-13T07:21:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:21:19","slug":"crunchy-coconut-and-oat-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/13\/crunchy-coconut-and-oat-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunchy Coconut and Oat Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you just need to bake something. \u00a0Maybe the weather is dreary, you’ve had a bad day, or, if you’re anything like me, you just need a project that has a beginning and an end and tangible (and edible!) results because no other task you’ve attempted that day has been successfully completed. \u00a0You want something quick with very little prep and a short bake time so that you don’t have to wait long to enjoy the fruits of your labor. \u00a0These oatmeal bars meet every one of those qualifications AND they’re delicious. \u00a0They remind me a lot of the oat and honey Nature Valley bars. \u00a0Drizzle on some melted chocolate chips to make them a bit fancier, but they are really good just on their own.<\/p>\n

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This recipe is from a cookbook I have baked from a lot, but it’s been a while, Rebecca Rather’s Pastry Queen<\/a>. \u00a0It is one of my favorite dessert cookbooks. \u00a0Most of you probably scrounge around on the internet for recipes, like I do. \u00a0But then you browse an old cookbook and find a real gem and you tell yourself you’ll do it more often. \u00a0But you somehow find yourself going back to the computer or pinterest the next time. \u00a0I urge you to go to your cookbooks! \u00a0I have so many of them, some I have never even cooked from. \u00a0And\u00a0that’s a shame. \u00a0I vow to do more cooking from physical cookbooks. \u00a0You should join me. \u00a0Back to the bars.<\/p>\n

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If you bake at all, then you have everything you need for these bars. \u00a0They come together in a snap and bake up in a mere 20 minutes. \u00a0After cooling they are very crunchy, so slicing them is really more like sawing or chopping. \u00a0If you’re not so concerned with appearance you can just break them apart into pieces. \u00a0Those pieces might be amazing along with\u00a0a bowl of vanilla ice cream…and some hot fudge…<\/p>\n

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Crunchy Coconut and Oat Bars<\/h3>\n

From The Pastry Queen<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n