Friday, July 10, 2009

Oatmeal Raisin Squares

This is a very simple yet delicious recipe. This comforting cake has a moist and dense texture with a slight hint of chocolate. Perfect with tea on a cold winter afternoon, or as a summer hiking snack. Enjoy the edge pieces with their slightly crisp sides. Yields about 25 2x2" squares.



Ingredients
from here
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup honey
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ¾ cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa
  • 2 cups raisins (or 8 oz chocolate chips)
  • ¾ cups coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)
  • 1 ¾ cup boiling water
Procedure:-
  1. Mix all ingredients together
  2. Smooth out into a shallow sheet pan
  3. Bake at 350 °F for between 40 and 60 minutes
  4. Slice into squares while warm, then refrigerate


23 comments:

  1. Looks so yummy and perfect dear.. wish to taste one

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  2. Aww looks so moist and delicious! Not being a raisin fan I would opt for chocolate chips! Yummy!

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  3. What a perfect squares.. lovely.. mouth watering pic preety !!

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  4. Perfect suares Preety...this is ideal for brekafast :)

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  5. The squares look reaelly tempting...love the combo of raisins and oats.

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  6. Nice squares there Preety..Super moist..:)

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  7. Looks so moist and delicious. Yummyyyy...

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  8. Sooo tempting dear!

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  9. nice squares Preety..looks easy to make and good too

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  10. Awesome,preety!the squares look totally tempting :D

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  11. Oh wow....drool worthy squares....

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  12. Looks moist and yum, would love to taste this :-)

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  13. looks perfect .. I'd love to have this

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  14. Hey your square is a square, mine would have been a pentagon or septagon :-D. Jokes apart, love the recipe! Lovely clicks :-)

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  15. So perfect square...looks delicious

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  16. Awesome and looks so delicious and nice click :)

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  17. hi,
    I am a fan of oats, and this seems a perfect recipe for tea time :) the perfect squares make a preety picture :)
    Enjoy!!
    TC

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  18. that looks so yummo. I love oatmeal too. I think that taste of brown sugar will be really wonderful in this recipe.

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  19. I really enjoy an oatmeal raisin cookie but I'm also a big cake fan, so these would disappear in my house :)!

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  20. Wow... looks soo delicious and healthy... perfect presentation.. lovely clicks!!

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  21. a healthy version of a brownie..I love it

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