Recipe - Oatmeal Fudge Bars

Here's a recipe I found in an old Women's Circle cookbook.  My mom used to have a bunch of these floating around and I would look through them for hours.  They are filled with simple home-cooked recipes that are easy and crowd-pleasing.  No fancy pants recipes here!  I found this particular book with the recipe for Oatmeal Fudge Cookies at a local thrift store and just had to buy it.  When I made the recipe, I altered it slightly and made it into bars.   The result got rave reviews by my family and friend who tried the bars.  See for yourself if you like them!

Oatmeal Fudge Bars

Ingredients:

1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup coconut oil (if you want no coconut flavor, use expeller pressed)
6 Tablespoons cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups quick-cooking oats.

Coat a 9X9 pan with non-stick spray.  Put aside.  Place all ingredients except oats into saucepan.  Heat ingredients and bring to a boil.  Boil for one minute, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat and stir in oatmeal.  Pour immediately into prepared pan.  Allow bars to set until firm.  Cut into small squares and enjoy!


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Around the time when fall changes to winter, my local grocery store was getting rid of it's fall stock.  There was a grocery cart filled with clearance items and I just had to take a look. I don't always get the clearance items, but I always have to look. Among the items were some chocolate chips, candy, and other baking goods.  One thing that caught my eye were cinnamon chips.  They looked just like chocolate chips, but were cinnamon flavored.  The price was right so I picked up a bag or two thinking I'd use them in oatmeal cookies.

After I brought them home, I was in the mood to bake, but I really didn't feel like going through the task of making cookies. So, I did what I usually do and "googled" a recipe for oatmeal cookie bars.  I hadn't even put in the cinnamon chip requirement, but lo and behold, I found a recipe containing them.