Overnight Breakfast Bars

This is a fairly healthy bar and is convenient when you have invited someone to your home because you can make these the night before and then just pop them into the oven in the morning.

Ingredients:

• 1-1/4 cups flour
• 1-1/2 cups old fashioned oats
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 Tbsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1-1/3 cups buttermilk*
• 2 medium apples, peeled, cored and chopped

*Can use plain yogurt in place of buttermilk

Topping:

• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Combine flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.

Combine sugar, brown sugar and butter in large bowl. Beat with mixer at low speed. Increase speed to high and beat well. Blend in eggs and buttermilk. Gradually add in flour mixture, stirring until just blended. Fold in apples. Pour into greased pan. Spread topping over top and wrap and refrigerate overnight.

The next morning preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Uncover pan and let stand for 30 minutes. Bake for 45 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.

By Elaine from Iowa