If you need a break from rich holiday foods but are still craving something sweet, this recipe should do the trick. It's a chewy, bar cookie made with All-Bran cereal, whole wheat and white flour, chocolate chips and nuts.
I found it on the All-Bran website while searching for sweet & healthy snacks. The recipe was almost perfect to begin with, but I tripled the chocolate chips and added pecans, anyway. That turned out to be a good call, because without the extra goodies, the bars might have tasted a little too healthy. But don't let that description scare you, because the cookies are still delicious and very good with a cup of tea or coffee.
Recipe
All-Bran Chocolate Chip Bars
A chocolate chip cookie bar made with whole-wheat flour and All-Bran® cereal.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup Kellogg's® All-Bran® Original cereal
- ½ cup whole wheat flour stir well, aerate and measure lightly
- ½ cup all-purpose flour stir well, aerate and measure lightly
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons water
- ¾ cup semisweet or dark chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans optional
Instructions
- Line a 9x13 inch metal pan with nonstick foil or regular foil. If using regular foil, spray lightly with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, stir together bran cereal, flours, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In large mixing bowl, whisk together oil, egg and sugar. Stir in vanilla and water. Add cereal mixture, stirring until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread evenly in the pan. Sprinkle nuts over the top (if using).
- Bake at 350° F about 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let cool completely, then lift from pan and cut into 16 or 24 bars or squares.
Notes
For a half batch, halve all the ingredients and just use 2 tablespoons of lightly beaten egg. Bake in an 8 inch square metal pan for about 25 minutes.
This recipe is from the All Bran recipe collection.
http://www.all-bran.com/recipes/cookie-chip-bars.aspx
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Martha
Just bought a box of All Bran (first in years) to make muffins. Have bookmarked these to try too. They definitely look like a Weight Watchers friendly sweet treat!
Anna
Gloria, the All-Bran Chocolate Chip Cookies were also really good and probably a little more kid-friendly. These were tasty, but the bran flavor was pretty strong. It's a lot more subtle in the cookies.
Gloria
All Bran is going on my shopping list! My nieces and nephews could easily be fooled with this bar!!