Pine Creek Trail Bars

Audrey, and I head up to Pine Creek Falls about once a week. Great exercise and beautiful views. We check out new flowers popping up, animal tracks, and when your with a photographer you stop and have a fun photo shoot.
Enjoy and hit the trail!

Pine Creek Trail Bars
1 1/2 Cup flour
1 1/2 Cup quick oatmeal(not instant)
1/2 Cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon soda
3/4 Cup Spectrum Organic Shortening
2 T Water
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 Cup dried Pine Creek Huckleberries (any dried fruit, cut into small pieces)
1 Cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven 375 degrees. Combine flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, shortening, cinnamon and soda. Reserve 1 3/4 Cup of this mixture. Set aside. Drizzle water over remaining mixture, toss to mix. Press firmly into 9×13 ungreased pan. Mix honey and berries. Spread over crust with pecans. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Pat firmly. Bake for 25-30 minutes until top browns just slightly. If they cook to long they will be crumbly. Let cool and cut into bars. I like to cut into 36 bars, so they are small and easy to snack on while heading up the trail. Bake these up and surprise your friends with a homemade snack.

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6 responses to “Pine Creek Trail Bars”

seabring davis
May 24, 2010 at 10:54 am | Permalink

Hi Sarah!

Love this idea and will do it asap with my kids for our own hike with the Pine Creek School class coming up.
Just wondering— how important is it to use the Organic shortening rather than Crisco? And where can I buy the Organic Shortening?

Thank you!
P.S. You so pretty in the hiking photo!
sd
Audrey Hall
May 24, 2010 at 11:32 am | Permalink

Lucky me was given the extra bars to take home after our hike! They made for a delicious snack the next day! I haven’t seen organic shortening when shopping (Actually, I didn’t even know there was such a thing) but maybe try the Co-Op or Town and Country?
Chef Knecht
June 14, 2010 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

How did the bars turn out? I will be making them this week for my trip to Helena to do Cooking Classes. I want to get some hiking in and try them with dried mango and macadamia nuts.
Chef Knecht
June 14, 2010 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

Thanks so much Audrey for the fun hikes. Now that the sun is back let’s go again soon. I will bring the bars!
Bev Rice
July 18, 2010 at 3:45 pm | Permalink

I assume that you add the shortening with the dry ingredients before seperating out ? thanks I am giving them a try!
Chef Knecht
July 18, 2010 at 9:11 pm | Permalink

Yes, add the shortening with the dry. Let me know how they turn out!