M&M Oatmeal Bars
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These M&M Oatmeal bars are incredibly easy to make and are always perfectly moist! Warning: they will be gone before you get your hands on one if you aren’t careful!
These M&M Oatmeal Bars were almost impossible to get a photo of. It seemed a soon as I cut them they started flying off the platter! Fortunately, these things are a snap to make. They may actually be the easiest cookies I bake, come to think of it. I first discovered these M&M Oatmeal Bars two years ago. It was ten o’clock at night and I had already gone to bed. Suddenly, the thought occurred to me that I really should make my daughter’s preschool teacher something because I hadn’t baked for her in a while.
I immediately thought to the Pioneer Baking Mix in my pantry as I had been cruising their website earlier for recipes. I was also curious as to what a cookie made with baking mix would taste like. Thirty minutes later, two pans of these sat cooling on the counter and I was in bed again, this time only dreaming of baking rather than getting up to actually do it. (**You can substitute Bisquick if you like.)
What You’ll Need to Make M&M Oatmeal Bars:
- brown sugar (use light or dark – whichever you have on hand)
- old-fashioned oats (you can also use quick oats and they work just fine!)
- vanilla
- Pioneer Brand baking mix
- candy-coated chocolate candies
- a stick of butter
- one egg
How to Make M&M Oatmeal Bars:
In a mixing bowl, place oats and brown sugar.
Add the egg.
Melt butter in microwave and pour in.
Add vanilla.
Mix all of that up!
Toss in your candies.
Spray an 8×8 pan (this Caraway pan is AMAZING) with cooking spray.
Pat it out into your pan.
Then add some more M&Ms to the top and push them in a little bit. This is a great place to have your kids get involved!!
Now bake the M&M Oatmeal Bars at 350 degrees for about twenty minutes. Mine always take about twenty five minutes.
Voila! Easy Peasey, delicious, buttery tasting, brown sugar lovin’, kid pleasin’, done in a jiffy even when you start them at ten o’ clock at night, COOKIES!
I just love my baking mix!
*If you have a service member overseas, these M&M Oatmeal Bar cookies are my most requested recipe to send. They travel very well and stay moist. I’ve had packages take as long as three weeks to arrive, only still get rave reviews when I’d tucked these bars inside! If you can, send a package. It make a world of difference!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Rolled oats
- 1/2 cup M & M candies
- 1 cup Brown sugar packed (I use light or dark, whatever I have on hand)
- 2 cup Pioneer Biscuit & Baking Mix
- 1 Egg
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Combine everything in a mixing bowl except candies. Mix until well blended. Stir in candies, reserving a few to place on top. Pat into greased 8x8 pan and bake at 350 for about twenty minutes. Allow to cool and cut into bars.
Nutrition
(Good luck being able to wait until they cool! These things smell amazing!)
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Step away from the coookies.
Ok these are great. “The cookies were yyyyuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmy” Russ 4 yo. My husband agreed. I loved how easy they were.
Will be making these again..
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
Gina
Can’t wait to win that giveaway so I can try these. Bwa hahaha!! Ü
I was excited to find the Pioneer Baking mix at our tiny store! But,um, I think I grabbed the buttermilk kind. How would these taste with buttermilk?!?! Gonna make biscuits asap!
Thank you for posting this recipe. Your jokes made me laugh…giggle. I was having a BLAH day at work and all it took was you sending this recipe to make me smile. I will be smiling more after I get home from work and I am eating a M&M Bar. All of your recipes are so easy to make and with items that I normally have stocked in my kitchen. I love to see others using off brand items. Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication you put into Southern Plate. It is very much appreciated!
Love the tulip bowl….sad to say I have one but I was dumb dumb dumb and put it in the dishwasher….I am smarter now. I love antiques. I murdered this bowl when I was younger and not as smart..lol..love your site!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOO showing this to my husband!!! I have found my precious bowls in the dishwasher on more than one occasion! I know, I know, be grateful he did dishes but hey, its 2009. I shop for groceries, take care of kids, and cook supper – doing the dishes never killed anyone who had just had a good meal!
Thank you!
AND has a dishwasher lol. I too love that tulip bowl!! I will be on the look out now for bowls and if I find one I’ll show everyone.
These cookies look so good. My granddaughter and greatgrandson will be coming to be with me after my surgery. Maybe they will enjoy making these. Do you have a web site that will tell me where I can get the Pioneer mix in Muskegon, MI?
Lois
http://www.pioneerbrand.com has a place where you can check a bit. Also another person on this thread said you could check at http://www.walmart.com!
Good luck!! Let us know how you are after your surgery, we wanna stay posted on you!
These look yummy! Thank you 🙂
Hey Anne, thank YOU!!!!