Ingredients

The following ingredients have 9 Servings
  • 2 cups old fashioned oats
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons wheat germ
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 10 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup chopped nuts (I used almonds)
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 cups apple butter or preserves

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Place all the ingredients except the apple butter or preserves in a food processor.
  • Pulse until the ingredients are combined and oats and nuts are in small pieces.
  • Press all but 1 cup of the mixture into the bottom of a greased 9 x 9 inch pan lined with parchment paper. 
  • Cover the oat mixture with apple butter or preserves.
  • Crumble the remaining 1 cup of oat mixture over the apple butter or preserves.
  • Bake for 30- 35 minutes.
  • Cool, use parchment paper to move bars to a cutting board and cut into bars.*
  • *For perfectly cut bars, refrigerate for an hour before cutting into squares.