These delicious Baked Berry Oatmeal Bars are portable and perfect for meal prep. These are vegan and gluten-free bars to enjoy for breakfast or as a snack.
Berry Baked Oatmeal Bars Recipe by Brittany Mullins
Ingredients For Baked Berry Oatmeal Bars + Common Substitutions:
- Oats: Make sure you grab gluten-free oats if needed!
- Maple syrup: You can also use honey.
- Baking powder: To help the bars rise.
- Cinnamon: For a little spice.
- Salt: Just a pinch.
- Almond milk: Like using unsweetened vanilla almond milk, but any milk will work. Use whatever you have on hand.
- Applesauce: Prefer using unsweetened applesauce. If you don’t have any applesauce on hand or are simply not a fan you can use 1/4 cup mashed banana instead of the applesauce.
- Coconut oil: Butter will work too.
- Vanilla: The perfect flavor enhancer.
- Ground flaxseed: If you don’t have flaxseed, you can use 1 egg instead.
- Berries: Both fresh and frozen work for this recipe, but prefer fresh because they don’t release as much liquid as frozen berries do. Used a blend of fresh blueberries and strawberries for this recipe, but any berries will work.
Storing & Serving:
Here’s what recommend:
- Let the bars cool completely.: They can cool in the pan or on a wire rack if you want to speed up the process. Be patient and make sure they are 100% cool!
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer: Place your cooled bars in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week or in the freezer for 2-3 months.
- Pop them in the toaster oven: You can absolutely eat these bars cold, but prefer to reheat them in a toaster oven before eating. The bars get a little crispy around the outside and perfectly heated throughout! You can also heat them up in the microwave. Just wrap in a damp paper towel and cook for 20-30 seconds or until warm.
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Baked Berry Oatmeal Bars
These delicious Baked Berry Oatmeal Bars are portable and perfect for meal prep. These are vegan and gluten-free bars to enjoy for breakfast or as a snack.
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled old fashioned oats
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, or your fave milk
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup maple syrup, or honey
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 2 tsp melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh berries + 1/2 cup more for topping, used blueberries and chopped strawberries
Instructions
- Set oven: Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Mix ingredients: Combine all ingredients except for the berries in a large bowl. Stir until combined and gently fold in 1 cup of berries.
- Spread batter: Pour into a 8×8 square baking pan lined with parchment. Evenly spread batter in pan and top with remaining berries. It looks really pretty with sliced strawberries on top.
- Bake: Cook for 30-35 minutes or until bars are cooked through and hold their shape.
- Let cool+ enjoy: Remove from the oven, cool and then cut into 6 bars and enjoy.
- Store: Store leftover bars in the fridge for up to 1 week. Enjoy cold or reheat in a toaster oven.
Notes
Oats: Make sure you grab gluten-free oats if needed!
Maple syrup: You can also use honey.
Almond milk: Like using unsweetened vanilla almond milk, but any milk will work. Use whatever you have on hand.
Applesauce: Prefer using unsweetened applesauce. If you don’t have any applesauce on hand or are simply not a fan you can use 1/4 cup mashed banana instead of the applesauce.
Coconut oil: Butter will work too.
Ground flaxseed: If you don’t have flaxseed, you can use 1 egg instead.
Berries: Both fresh and frozen work for this recipe, but prefer fresh because they don’t release as much liquid as frozen berries do. Used a blend of fresh blueberries and strawberries for this recipe, but any berries will work.
Nutrition Facts
Serving 1bar | Calories 191kcal | Carbohydrates 34g | Protein 4g | Fat 5g | Saturated Fat 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat 2g | Sodium 296mg | Fiber 7g | Sugar 13g
