Nutri-Grain Bars

Submitted by senseicheryl

"I received an email this morning with a couple of copycat recipes and this was one of them. Sounds interesting - starts with a boxed cake mix."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 1 9 x 13 inch pan
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 3⁄4 cup butter
• 2 1⁄2 cups quick oats
• 12 ounces preserves, your choice of flavor or 12 ounces jam
• 1 tablespoon water

directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Melt butter.
3. Combine cake mix and oats in a large bowl; stir in the melted butter until the mixture is crumbly. Measure half of this mixture (about 3 cups) into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan. Press firmly into pan to cover the bottom.
4. Combine preserves and water; spoon over crumb mixture in pan, and spread evenly. Cover with remaining crumb mixture. Pat firmly to make top even.
5. Bake for 20 minutes; top should be very light brown. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

Reviews

[kristennavar]

My family and I enjoyed the recipe but it tastes more like coffee cake than a Nutri-Grain bar. I used no-sugar added apple butter for the filling and it was incredibly sweet. I can't imagine using sugar added preserves...it would be way too sweet! (and I'm someone who rarely finds things too sweet) The cake mix really lends it to a sweet flavor on its own so pick your filling with caution. But they are tasty...just not exactly what I was expecting.

 

[gl.halsey]

This recipe turned out pretty good, but was a bit sweeter than necessary. I thought at first that it wouldn't hold together very well but the bars were fine after cooling.