Blueberry Walnut Bars Recipe

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With power-packing oats, walnuts and blueberries, kids aren't the only ones that are going to love this sweet treat. Health-minded parents can feel good about these bars, too. —Dawn Onuffer, Crestview, Florida

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Blueberry Walnut Bars Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 12 Servings
20 10 30

Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup ground walnuts
  • 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons plus 1/3 cup sugar, divided
  • 1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
  • 3 tablespoons reduced-fat butter, melted
  • 1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese
  • 1 tablespoon orange juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup reduced-fat whipped topping
  • 2 tablespoons blueberry preserves
  • 1-1/2 cups fresh blueberries

Directions

  • In a small bowl, combine the walnuts, cracker crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar, oats and butter. Press onto the bottom of an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray.
  • Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until set and edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.
  • In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and remaining sugar until smooth. Beat in orange juice and vanilla. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over crust.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, heat preserves on high for 15-20 seconds or until warmed; gently stir in blueberries. Spoon over filling. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12 servings.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Land O'Lakes light stick butter.

Nutritional Facts 1 bar equals 167 calories, 9 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 17 mg cholesterol, 125 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Blueberry Walnut Bars in Healthy Cooking April/May 2009, p48

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Reviewed on Jun. 23, 2011 by HeHeKaren

Very easy. Loved the freshness of the blueberries, the creaminess of the filling and the crunch of the crust. I will make this again.

Reviewed on Jun. 23, 2011 by kchop

Very easy to make, had everything on hand so didn't need to go shopping for ingredients. My sons really liked this. Will be making this again trying other fruits, as requested by my son.

Reviewed on Jun. 23, 2011 by pattykake57

First of all, bravo MS LISA.

This was a big hit in my house. Easy and delicious. Tastes like it took a lot longer to make than it actually did. I'm saving this one and will definitely be making it again!

Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2011 by bubba78236

Very good! Easy to make. Great directions. I can't wait to make it again!

Reviewed on Jun. 20, 2011 by MMMelinsky

I made this for the first time on Father's Day and my family unanimously gave it a 'thumbs-up'! This one's a keeper :) I also read the reviews and have to agree that this recipe doesn't totally seem to fit the "healthy" category, but that being said, anyone with health/medical issues can tweak the recipe to meet their needs (or choose not to make it at all). My husband and I are diabetic, among a few other health issues, but you can still indulge once in a while:)

Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2011 by MS LISA

Unless you have a degree in nutrition, please let the rest of us enjoy the recipe. A recipe review is....make the recipe, let us know how you liked it. If you like it, then be courteous enough to thank the person that shared it with us, for the rest of you, counting your transfats, great, I hope you all live forever. Maybe if you enjoyed a recipe every so often, you wouldn't be preaching to the masses. We're not stupid people, we like to enjoy life. Nobody is telling you to sit down and eat the whole thing.

Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2011 by mamadea

It's just a receipe! Use what you want. If you are well informed enough to know what is healthy and what is not then it

doesn't matter

Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2011 by Regi M

Decided to make this recipe as there were so many reviews. To further tick some of you off, I didn't use reduced fat butter or cream cheese and I used real whipped cream. I subsituted dark brown sugar for white in the crust/base and pecans for walnuts.Also added a teaspoon of cinnamon. Everyone loved it so will certainly be making again and will try seedless raspberry jam and fresh raspberries when they are in season. Do not intend to eat this everyday, so have no problem going for the better flavour of whole non-processed/manufactured foods.

Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2011 by MaPeg29@AOL.Com

This recipe sounds very good & I plan on trying it. If you can not eat graham crackers, butter, cream cheese, walnuts, sugar, or whipped topping don't make this recipe. It dose not make it unhealthy. If someone has a problem with any of these foods they know not to eat them, so don't make it. I don't like every recipe I see so I don't make them. Life is too short to get so worked up over a recipe & if it is healthy or not. People will eat what they want healthy or not.

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by Netizen

The poster of the recipe claims it is healthy. It isn't. Some people have health issues and need to avoid certain things. It is a disservice to call an unhealthy recipe healthy. Make it the way YOU want, but let others inform those that do not know, so that they can make informed choices.

 
 

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