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. 16, 2011 by chirey

Bring on the cool whip recipes! Full fat stuff not this reduced fat stuff. People get off your high horses and stop telling everyone your opinions on everything! If you don't like the ingredients DON'T use them. But stop preaching at those of us who want all the artificial GOODNESS! Eat your beansprouts and let everyone else eat what they want to. By the way I made these with regular butter (YUM!) full fat cream cheese and good old regular cool whip. DELICIOUS! Will definitely make again!

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by Netizen

No tirade Lisa, just pointing out what the poster didn't seem to KNOW!

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by Willom

I think it's a little naive of MS LISA to chastise those of us who would like to eat healthy. Get your head out of the sand. There are mountains of documentation that link ingredients such as trans fats to serious health problems, obesity and heart disease among them. Education and comments from concerned people can help others to change their eating habits, and this includes modifying recipes to make them truly more healthful.

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by mkdonna

I just found this recipe - I really don't care for blueberries - could I use cherry pie filling?

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by MS LISA

Please people, stop your tirades over the ingredients. You don't like the ingredients, move on. That being said, thanks for a great recipe!!

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by katzmomma

Re: cool whip - you can always make a healthy, although not "light," version using a little raw organic or turbinado sugar with organic cream.

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by Netizen

Thanks for the yogurt and half & half substitution ideas. You can also use the cans of whipped topping. Check the ingredients, but most don't have partially hydrogenated oils in them. It seems like they stick partially hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup in almost everything these days!

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by Netizen

Healthy? Really? Frozen whipped toppings have partially hydrogenated oils/TRANS FATS in them. Check your graham crackers ingredient list. The ones I looked at have partially hydrogenated oils/TRANS FATS in them. No matter what you call them, TRANS FATS are NOT healthy and are very hard for the body to get rid of.

I wish people would pay attention and STOP calling things 'healthy' when they are NOT!

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by Netizen

Healthy? Really? Frozen whipped toppings have partially hydrogenated oils/TRANS FATS in them. Check your graham crackers ingredient list. The ones I looked at have partially hydrogenated oils/TRANS FATS in them. No matter what you call them, TRANS FATS are NOT healthy and are very hard for the body to get rid of.

I wish people would pay attention and STOP calling things 'healthy' when they are NOT!

Reviewed on Jun. 16, 2011 by SHOK

Why not use light cool whip if you don't like the content otherwise?

 
 

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