Deep dish fudge oatmeal bars: good, but they need something

[Matthew.Taylor]

Made these last Friday. They’re good, no doubt of that, but they taste too plain. These things need something, maybe some spice

(cinnamon at least) beyond salt, perhaps darker chocolate. Here’s the recipe.

Deep Dish Oatmeal Fudge Bars

what you need:

1 cup butter

2 eggs

2 cups brown sugar

1/3 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

3 cups oatmeal

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt together

1 can eagle’s brand sweetened condensed milk

1/3 cup butter

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

 

Directions:

how to make it:

Mix the butter, eggs and brown sugar. Add vanilla and milk. Slowly incorporate the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix well. I prefer using a stand mixer since it’s quite thick.

 

Spread 3/4 of the cookie mixture on the bottom of a greased 13×9 pan, pour chocolate mixture, then spread rest of cookie mixture on tops in spoonfuls (won’t cover completely-but will leave cool designs). The top can tend to get done before it’s completely cooked, so you can put aluminum foil over it for the last five or so if it looks like it’s browning too much. Bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool, otherwise it won’t set up and will just run when you cut into it.

 

Any advice that can be given would be appreciated.

Edited October 27, 2019 by Matthew.Taylor
Wanted to add things. (log)

[teonzo]

You can flavor it with:

- cinnamon + grated orange zest;

- nutmeg + grated lemon zest;

- coriander seeds and Sichuan pepper;

- sesame and tamarind (sub 0.5 cup of oatmeal with sesame seeds, add tamarind paste to taste to the chocolate mixture).

 

 

 

Teo

 

[pastrygirl]

I’d try increasing the salt and browning some of the butter. You could brown the butter in the fudge layer then add the condensed milk etc to the hot butter. Maybe also extra chocolate chips mixed into the oatmeal base layer?