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Apricot Oat Bars

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  • on April 22, 2013

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    AMAZING! These smell like apple pie while they are baking! All that brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter makes for a heavenly combination. These were so yummy. We will most definitely be making them again! One piece of advice...I let these sit for an hour before slicing them, but I probably could have waited an hour and a half, and it would have been better. They were still warm and a few fell apart a bit. Other than that...superb! Thanks, Giada!!! :

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  • on April 21, 2013

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    LOVE this. Made it today with Nutella and Raspberry jam... terrific. I used glass so I also lowered the temp to 325F and baked about 40min.

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  • on March 23, 2013

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    These are delicious! My husband made a sour face when I was making them but has had 2 in the last hour, called them a "tasty morsel" and asked if I would make then for his Mt Denali 3 week climb this summer.

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  • on March 21, 2013

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    These are SO yummy. I've made it a few times so far. I always make half batch in 8 x 8 baking dish. Halving this recipe is very easy, except you have to beat an egg before you put it in, so you can put "half" an egg. As others have suggested, it is pretty sweet as is. Looking for ways to "lighten" it up a little, I found Apricot preserve made with 40% less sugar at Trader Joe's (these are great, btw. they come in many different flavors. TJ's also has really good dried Turkish apricots. I really like the version I made with the 40% less sugar Apricot preserve. The other thing I have tried was putting a little bit of lemon zest in the apricot filling. It did help to cut some of the sweetness out, but I think it tasted a little too much like lemon (and I love lemon. You could try it, especially if you think this recipe is too sweet, but maybe not when you are making it for others.

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  • on March 13, 2013

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    I made these yesterday and think they're pretty good. I will say they are much more like a dessert than anything else. The oat mixture is like a crumble you would put on top of apples or peaches. It's delicious, but very sweet and full of sugar. I used chopped almonds instead of walnuts because I don't like walnuts and replaced dried apricots with dried cranberries because I had those on hand. I think it added a nice taste and textural change and think I would prefer them this way anyway. Might be beneficial to bake the first layer of oat mixture for 5-10 minutes before adding the jam and top layer. I baked for almost 40 minutes and the bottom was still a bit soft.

    Good dish- maybe more for an after-school snack for kids though. Too sweet for a breakfast-on-the-go which is what I was hoping for. Still delicious though.

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  • on January 06, 2013

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    These bars are seriously addicting. I made four batches in the last two weeks. Everyone is clamoring for them. The first three batches followed the recipe exactly. The last batch I tried an apricot-raspberry jam. It was good, but not as good as the pure apricot jam. I have been doubling the recipe because it is just that good.

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  • on December 05, 2012

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    These bars were so yummy! I loved the crunch from the nuts. I will be trying different fruits with this one!

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  • on November 30, 2012

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    I made these today and can't stop eating them. I followed the directions, ingredients and amounts as specified in the recipe and didn't have any problems. I'd made a similar recipe calling for strawberry jam and thought they were terrible. Giada's recipe was much better. I wouldn't make any changes in them at all. Definitely making again!

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  • on November 12, 2012

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    Delicious! I used toasted pecans instead of walnuts. I froze half since it made such a large amount.

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  • on September 29, 2012

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    I favor these over any cake , they are so yummy . Trader joes has preserves with fresh fruit so you can make many different flavors. You can also void the nuts . I'm going to try to make a vegan version I'll let you know ! Thx again Giada xo

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