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Nutrition
Recipe Makeover
Every month, we’ll take a member’s recipe and give it a Start Making Choices™ makeover—shaping it up to suit a more balanced lifestyle.
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Breakfast Bars
Submitted by Janet F., Murray, KY
Looking for a quick breakfast to go? Try these sweet little low-fat treats! In this makeover, you'll find out how to make a healthy start with these easy-to-make and ready-to-go breakfast bars.
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Breakfast Bars
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Hands On: 10 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Makes: 16 servings (1 bar each)
Ingredients:
PAM® Baking Spray
1-1/2 cups quick rolled oats, uncooked
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup Peter Pan® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
1 cup Egg Beaters® Original (1 cup = 8 oz)
1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate morsels
1-1/2 cups quick rolled oats, uncooked
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup Peter Pan® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter
1 cup Egg Beaters® Original (1 cup = 8 oz)
1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate morsels
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with baking spray.
2. Combine oats, flour, and sugar in large bowl. Cut in peanut butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in Egg Beaters and chocolate morsels.
3. Press mixture evenly into prepared pan. Bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool.
4. Cut into bars. To make bars similar in shape to granola bars, cut down center lengthwise into halves. Then cut crosswise into eighths.
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How We Do It!
In our test kitchens, we enhance, with care, the treasured family recipes shared by other Start Making Choices members just like you. Our general guidelines include reducing fat, cholesterol, and calories while preserving the taste and texture of the original. Where possible, we add nutritional value with health-giving vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and fiber. Lastly, we simplify recipe preparation to better serve today’s busy households.
Recipes featured here may not meet all of the Balanced Life Plan nutritional guidelines and are not part of your Balanced Life Plan. Please enjoy in moderation.
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