Ingredients
- 1 package (18 oz) yellow cake mix
- 2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oatmeal
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup chunky applesauce
- 1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind
Make it step by step
- Line bottom and sides of a 13x9 inch pan with aluminum foil, allowing 2 to 3 inches to extend over sides. Lightly grease foil.
- Stir together cake mix, oats and raisins in a large bowl. Stir in butter with a fork until mixture is crumbly and dry ingredients are moistened.
- Press HALF of oat mixture evenly into bottom of prepared pan.
- Stir together applesauce, apple pie spice and lemon rind. Gently spread over the oat mixture in pan. Sprinkle evenly with remaining oat mixture.
- Bake at 375 F (190 C) for 30 minutes or until top is golden brown. Let cool in pan on wire rack for 1 hour.
- Lift baked bars from pan, using foil sides as handles. Place on cutting board and cut into bars.
- Now I see the wisdom of making a foil base because they did lift out nicely. The pan still needed washing but it wasn’t caked up with butter or oats. Easy.
Nutrition and portions
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Recipe source
Adapted from Foodista by Tina Marie, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.
Cook times in the method are source guidance, not a record of testing in our kitchen. Check food temperatures and ingredient labels when cooking.