Lillian of Confectiona’s Realm picked this week's recipe for Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars, pages 114 and 115. Check out her blog for the recipe!
This was a really simple recipe, basically the same as making date squares using a chocolate filling instead of the dates. It should have gone off without a hitch, but every baker has an off day and I guess today was mine. The base wouldn't hold together and I was left with a pile of crumbs in my baking pan when I tried to lift them out. They refused to brown and so I kept them in the oven for almost double the time called for. By that time, the filling at the edges had burned and the bars still weren't brown. They were quite possibly the uglist bars I've ever made!
The good news is that all that oatmeal crumble didn't go to waste. It tasted great over yogurt for breakfast! Next time I think I will use Dorie's filling but I'll stick to my own tried and true oatmeal base/topping which I use for my Oatmeal Blueberry Squares.
Sorry that they fell apart... but they look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI must say, this looks far better than any date square! :) Well, i honestly believe that less-than-perfect food have that homemade feel that make things look extra yummy
ReplyDeleteI wondered how you got your oatmeal base so thin.
ReplyDeleteSorry it didn't work out very well, but it did taste fabulous?
I'm so sorry they didn't work for you, but I'm glad you managed to salvage the the crumble. Thanks for baking with me this week!
ReplyDeleteI think they look delicious - almost like a toffee square!
ReplyDeleteThat's odd that they crumbled on you?! But, it's a good excuse to eat them for breakfast! I ate some of mine for breakfast too:) There are cookies called 'ugly but good', and I'm NOT saying these are ugly (you did), but I bet they are good! Hopefully next week's works out better for you:)
ReplyDeleteLove your blog everything always looks so damn good!
ReplyDeleteDiane
oh my gosh, they look SO good! crumbly or not, i'd be all over those babies! beautiful photography as well
ReplyDeleteThey don't look too bad in the photo, and at least you salvaged some of the oatmeal topping. :)
ReplyDeleteSorry they didn't hold together for you, but they still look delicious! I love the stars and monkey bread, btw!
ReplyDeleteWeird - you're right, the cookie base doesn't look cohesive enough at all. Maybe next time try drizzling in some milk to hold it all together? And as for how neatly mine sliced, I'm not entirely sure - they set up so nicely, it wasn't even an issue. If they had been soft, I probably would have refrigerated them for a bit though.
ReplyDeleteThat IS strange you dough wouldn't come together, I thought it was quite buttery and sticky. But yes, these are frighteningly good!
ReplyDeleteBummer they didn't work for you, but they look great!
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