Sunday Home Kitchen Tour and another Recipe from Ecuador
There is still so much more to see….
 I hope you will stop by and read my Kitchen Tour to see more Now I am bringing back a recipe I tired many years ago; “Pineapple Oatmeal Bars” and thought you might enjoy, but I dont have a recent picture, so I am sharing from  Elsie’s Pineapple Oatmeal Bars Recipe  These bars have a buttery, oatmeal and brown sugar crust with the pineapple topping.  My recipe is a modified version of the original! 

These Pineapple bars are delicious and have just a bit of tartness, sometimes I just want something that is not so sweet. And since the pineapple is so sweet I cut down the white sugar by 1/2 cup. They are still plenty sweet. And Quick Oats work best, Old Fashion oats make it a bit more difficult to press into the pan. They also keep well, unless you have kids around then they disappear quick!

The filling is easy with only three ingredients and I like simple. You can use crushed or pineapple Tidbits just dont pour off the juice. The crust is like making a cookie dough “very easy”! Total time of prep and baking, about 30 min, then time to cool to cut and serve.

Tip for cutting and cleanup: To make it easier to cut bars. Tear a piece of parchment or tinfoil long enough for edges to hang over the end of your pan, when baking and cooling is complete, you can use those edges to remove from pan, lift out and onto counter before cutting to serve.
Ingredients

Filling:
1 (20 ounce) cans crushed pineapple ( Do not drain) or Tidbits
1 cup sugar (my version -1/2 cup)
3 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
Crust:
1 3/4 cups oatmeal
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened

Directions
For the filling, combine the sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan and mix well. Add the pineapple and its juice, and cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Cool.

Crust: For the crust, combine oatmeal, salt, brown sugar, flour, and baking powder together. work in butter until mixture is uniform.
Reserve 1 1/4 cup of crumb mixture, and press the rest into an ungreased 9 x 13 pan, working up edges just slightly to help hold filling off of the edge of the pan.

Filling: Pour filling over oatmeal mixture and spread evenly.
Sprinkle reserved crumbs evenly over filling.
Bake at 350º for 20 minutes. cool and cut into bars.

Other suggestions and additions:
♦ The bars will hold together better when you use regular butter or margarine “but not a spread”
♦ Add chopped macadamia nuts and coconut to the reserved topping
♦ Using Pineapple Tidbits
♦ Try adding white chocolate chips

Other Recipes you might want to try;
Hearty Oat Cookies (Good for you and nutritious)
Fresh Fruit Cheesecake (Featured may times)
Lemon Bars For a Crowd (Can’t be beat)