{"id":2441,"date":"2010-03-15T19:57:19","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T01:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2010-03-15T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T01:57:19","slug":"yummy-apricot-breakfast-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/15\/yummy-apricot-breakfast-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Yummy Apricot Breakfast Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I had success using whole wheat flour in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/23\/whole-wheat-pumpkin-muffins-with-cinnamon-glaze\/\">Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/19\/homemade-whole-wheat-sandwich-bread\/\">Homemade Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread<\/a>, I decided to try more recipes using whole wheat flour.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll cut out white flour completely, but I would like to use whole wheat flour more often.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had this recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/heavenlyhomemakers.com\/yummy-apricot-breakfast-bars\">Yummy Apricot Breakfast Bars<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/heavenlyhomemakers.com\/\">Heavenly Homemakers<\/a> bookmarked for a while, but I usually don&#8217;t have dried apricots on hand.\u00c2\u00a0 These definitely aren&#8217;t as sweet as your usual breakfast cake, but I think that&#8217;s a good thing!\u00c2\u00a0 These taste hearty, and I love the crunch of the sesame seeds!\u00c2\u00a0 I do think these taste best the day they are baked.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m looking forward to playing around with various combinations of fruit, nuts, and seeds in the recipe.\u00c2\u00a0 There are so many possibilities!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2444\" title=\"Yummy Apricot Breakfast Bars\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Yummy-Apricot-Breakfast-Bars.jpg\" alt=\"Yummy Apricot Breakfast Bars\" width=\"557\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Yummy-Apricot-Breakfast-Bars.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Yummy-Apricot-Breakfast-Bars-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Apricot Breakfast Bars<\/h4>\n<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/heavenlyhomemakers.com\/yummy-apricot-breakfast-bars\">Heavenly Homemakers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks butter<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup honey<\/li>\n<li>1 t. baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 t. sea salt<\/li>\n<li>1 t. vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>2 cups whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups rolled oats<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup sesame seeds<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup dried apricots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melt butter and honey together.\u00c2\u00a0 Remove from heat.\u00c2\u00a0 Pour mixture into a mixing bowl and add baking soda, salt, vanilla and buttermilk and eggs.\u00c2\u00a0 Stir in flour, oats, coconut and sesame seeds until well combined.\u00c2\u00a0 Cut dried apricots into small bites (I usually cut mine into fourths).\u00c2\u00a0 Fold apricot pieces into dough.<\/p>\n<p>Bake in a 9 x 13 baking pan at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/15\/yummy-apricot-breakfast-bars\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I had success using whole wheat flour in the Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins and the Homemade Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread, I decided to try more recipes using whole wheat flour.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll cut out white flour completely, but I would like to use whole wheat flour more often.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had this 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