Oatmeal Raisin Bars

As my pregnancy progresses I'm trying to increase certain types of food into my daily diet, but in a creative way.  I've just started having cravings for sweet treats but I don't want to grab chocolate or cookies so I searched for something with a bit more nutritional value that would still satisfy my craving.

That is when I  came across a recipe for Sour Cream Raisin Bars by Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice.
I followed her recipe almost exactly so I won't repeat it all, be sure to click through and check out her recipe.  The only thing I changed was using a little less white sugar.  Instead of 1 1/2 C I only used 1 C.  After eating these I would decrease it even more or perhaps skip the white sugar all together...I will experiment.

There are a few steps to these bars and that almost deterred me but I was so curious how the sour cream was going to taste in this type of recipe so I made them and it was totally worth it!
Besides I got to use my new pastry blender!

There are three layers to these bars.  The bottom crust, which is my favorite part!  Then the sour cream and raisin layer which gets cooked on the stove then layered on top of the bottom crust.  

The top layer is a loose crumb. 

After they bake they do need some time in the refrigerator to "congeal."  I was so anxious to taste them and did try them warm...it wasn't so good! Once they were chilled though they were very good!!