This recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars is adapted from one in Family Circle (no longer in print). They are very thick bars held together by butter and brown sugar. The first time I added an egg. It didn't hurt anything, but I went back and made the bars without the egg and they were better.
Quick Oats
The recipe calls for quick cooking oats, and I think if it's your first time to make these you should stick with quick. Old fashioned oats might make the bars too mealy tasting or just give them a less pleasant texture. Plus the quick oats will bind better with the butter and sugar.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
One step I did change from the original was to skip the part where you melt some of the chips and drizzle them over the top. Feel free to do that, but the bars looks pretty without the drizzle and still have plenty of chocolate chips. And you can vary the chips! Use some dark chocolate, maybe throw in some milk chocolate and/or white chips. I'm trying to make more egg-free bars from friends, so next time I'll throw in some different chips and perhaps nuts.
Recipe
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (128 grams)
- 1-¼ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed (200 grams)
- 12 tablespoons unsalted or salted butter, softened (170 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup whole milk (56 grams)
- 2 cups quick oats (not instant)
- 1-¼ cups semisweet or extra dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line an 8-inch or 9-inch metal pan with foil or parchment. If using foil, grease the foil.
- Mix together the flour, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in vanilla. Stir in the milk. By hand or with lowest speed of mixer, stir in the flour mixture, followed by the oats and chocolate.
- Scrape batter into prepared baking pan. Dampen your fingers a little or use a sheet of parchment to press it flat.
- Bake for 28-32 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. You may want to let it cool for about 20 minutes, then transfer to the refrigerator to quick cool. The bars are easier to cut when completely cool or even slightly chilled.
- Remove from the pan and use a chef's knife to cut into squares or bars.
Kayla says
These were SO good! I had also found the recipe in Family Circle! So yummy....my hubby and I devoured the entire pan in less than 24 hours!
Cookie Sleuth says
I want one of those right now! Thanks for the tips on the egg/no egg.
Erin @ CelticHeart Designs says
These look incredible! I'm gonna have to make these soon!
Sweets says
Wow! These look amazing, and I'm sure they taste even better! 🙂 I just made some s'mores cookie bars from bakingbites.com - So, I suppose I'll try these, too. Love sweets!
Maytina says
I've never had an issue with a recipe from Family Circle! They must have a good test kitchen!
Barbara says
Now this looks wonderful, Anna. I do love bars...never have seen a recipe for cc bars before. These look doughy in the center, which is the way I like my cc cookies!
clumbsycookie says
Just to tell you I just saw the picture of the new kitchen (in a previous post I have missed) and looks amazing! Can't wait to see the goodies that will come out of it! The bars look good too 🙂
Bakericious says
this look so yummy
Katrina says
I love oaty bars, especially with chocolate.
Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says
These look fantastic! Oatmeal chocolate is my favorite and in a bar? LOVE IT! Yum!
Sue says
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does things like that. When I was making that German Chocolate Cake the other day I accidentally put the entire can of evaporated milk in the frosting. Fortunately I realized my error soon enough and was able to skim off what I needed to!
These look like good bars. Thank you for posting them!
Sarah says
I made these last week - such a great simple recipe!
The Blue-Eyed Bakers says
Love oatmeal bars...they're sweet and somehow the oats give them a bit more staying power than your average sweet treat! And with the brown sugar and dark chocolate!? Yum yum yum!
Lisa Ernst says
I love recipes like this. I do a lot of vegan versions of recipes and likely leaving out the egg will result in a softer, perhaps slightly more gooey bar. I'll definitely bookmark this one to try.