Oatmeal Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Bars, PR Filed under ( Dessert, running )

 

Good morning! Hope your weekend is off to a good start! This morning, I ran a 10K on the Isle of Palms.  I ran the same race last year. Last year, I finished in 50 minutes & 48 seconds….this year, official time was 48 minutes & 01 second!! Some pictures from the event. T-shirt & bib:

       

Drive over:

Unofficial time:

  

My fellow instructor & friend Jennifer and I after the race (she came in FIRST in her age group):

and I came in third in mine :)

             

Whoop, whoop!

I realized yesterday that I have been posting a LOT of baked goods. I promise I am still cooking, my baking has just been a lot more interesting ;). I also realized yesterday that I had some eggs that were approaching their best by date….so I decided to bake some more.

Oatmeal Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Bars

Ingredients:

• 2 cups dry oats
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup applesauce
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil (you could also use more applesauce)
• 2 eggs or ½ cup egg substitute

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Mix first 5 ingredients
• Add remainder of ingredients and mix until well combined

 

• Spray pan and press mixture into the bottom
• Bake for ~25 minutes
• Let bars cool completely, cut into squares

 

What are you up to for the rest of the day? I am planning on doing some more baking (granola), learning my choreography for our program launches at the gym next weekend & watching lots of college football (GO PENN STATE!!!).