Raisin hate

I don’t know why, but I haven’t really been a huge fan of raisins over the years. I guess it’s because we ate them a lot as kids. Anyhow, when my hubby asked me to make a particular dessert his mom always made for them I was a bit dumbfounded. Raisin bars? I asked! Really? Well, I made them and fell in love with them! They are so good and they are full of raisins! Try them out. I am not the first who was skeptical about them, but since making them I have other fellow raisin haters liking this dessert!

Cinnamon Raisin Bars

1/2 cup butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups rolled oats

Make raisin filling first:

Combine 1/4 cup sugar and 1 T cornstarch in saucepan. Stir in 1 cup water and 2 cups raisins. cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cool.

Cream butter and sugar. Sift together dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture. Add oats and 1 T water. Mix until crumbly. Firmly pat half the mix into 9×13 pan. Spread with raisin filling. Mix remaining crumbs and 1 T water; spoon over filling; pat smooth. Bake at 350 for about 35 minutes. Cool. Drizzle with cinnamon icing.

Cinnamon icing:

Mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon. Stir in enough milk, about 1 T for drizzling consistency.