Surprise Bars

I got this recipe from my Grandma.  It's basically cookies in bar form, but you can add anything you want to it.  Delicious!


Recipe:
2 Eggs
1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
2/3 cup Oil
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/2 cup Oatmeal
Approximately 2 - 2 1/2 cups of the add ins of your choice (chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, raisins, nuts, coconut...basically anything that would be good in cookies)


Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9" x 13" pan.
Beat eggs, add brown sugar, oil, and vanilla.  Mix until well blended.
In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients.  Gradually blend into egg mixture.
Stir in the goodies you've picked, spread the dough into the greased pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.

To this particular batch, I added vanilla chips, slivered almonds, shredded coconut, and extra dark chocolate Lindor truffles (I had a bunch left over from an assortment and I'm not a huge fan of dark chocolate, so I chopped them up and mixed them in -- the truffle center stays melty after the bars are cooled!)  Also, for the oil I used a combination of melted butter and coconut oil from Tropical Traditions.


This coconut oil is great because, unlike a lot of coconut oils, it has a great coconut flavor.  Also, it's organic and has great health benefits, which are documented on the Tropical Traditions website.  They also have frequent sales and coupons, so even though this oil seems a little expensive, it's a great company and really quite reasonable in terms of price.