Six-legged recipes

Bug Bars

The old-fashioned cookies are like your grandma used to make… including the worms that were in her cupboard, too!

1/2 cup shortening                                 1 t. baking soda

1/2 cup margarine                                  1 t. cinnamon

1 cup brown sugar                                  1/4 t. nutmeg

1 cup sugar                                             3 cups quick oats

2 eggs                                                     3/4 cup raisins (optional)

1 - 1 1/2 cup flour                                  1/2 cup chopped, roasted mealworms (see recipe below)

1 t. vanilla

Cream shortening, margarine, sugars.  Mix in eggs and vanilla.  Stir in flour, soda, spices.  Stir in oats, raisins (optional), and mealworms.  Spread dough onto a greased 13 x 9 cake pan.  Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes or until done.  Cut into perfect-sized bars. 


From the Recipe Box of Mary Liz Jameson.

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  • Article: Bug Bars
  • Author(s): CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson
  • Publisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A Biologist
  • Site name: ASU - Ask A Biologist
  • Date published: April 4, 2011
  • Date accessed: March 24, 2024
  • Link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/bug-bars

APA Style

CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson. (2011, April 04). Bug Bars. ASU - Ask A Biologist. Retrieved March 24, 2024 from https://askabiologist.asu.edu/bug-bars

American Psychological Association. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

Chicago Manual of Style

CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson. "Bug Bars". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 04 April, 2011. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/bug-bars

MLA 2017 Style

CJ Kazilek, Mary Liz Jameson. "Bug Bars". ASU - Ask A Biologist. 04 Apr 2011. ASU - Ask A Biologist, Web. 24 Mar 2024. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/bug-bars

Modern Language Association, 7th Ed. For more info, see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/
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