Healthy Oat Bars Food

EASY OATMEAL BARS (4 INGREDIENTS!)

Steps:

• Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl until it forms a sticky dough. If the mixture is dry and not sticky, add a bit more honey and/or peanut butter; different peanut butter brands perform differently here.
• Add a sheet of parchment paper to a 9 x 9 pan. Place the ingredients in the pan and press it into an even layer. Use a small glass to roll over the top to get it smooth.
• Freeze the bars for 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the freezer and use the parchment to lift it out of the pan. Cut into 16 squares or 32 rectangles. Store refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. You can eat right away, or refrigerate for about 1 hour for a more solid texture.

HEALTHY OATMEAL COOKIE BARS (VEGAN AND GLUTEN-FREE!)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line an 8 x 8-inch square pan with parchment paper, reserving 1-2 inches of parchment paper over the sides, for easily removal.
• In a large mixing bowl, add all your ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, and mix well. Using a rubber spatula, fold through the chocolate chips, reserving a few to top the cookie bars with.
• Transfer the batter into the lined pan, adding extra chocolate chips on top. Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until just beginning to go golden around the pan.
• Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes, before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

BAKED OATMEAL BREAKFAST BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square pan.
• Combine oats, brown sugar, white sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Whisk milk, eggs, canola oil, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Stir egg mixture into oats mixture until well combined; set aside until flavors blend, about 20 minutes. Spread oats mixture into prepared square pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden brown, about 30 minutes.

HEALTHY 5-INGREDIENT GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Process dates in a food processor until small bits remain (about 1 minute). It should form a "dough" like consistency. (Mine rolled into a ball.)
• Optional step: Toast your oats (and almonds if raw) in a 350-degree F (176 C) oven for 10-15 minutes or until slightly golden brown. Otherwise, leave them raw - I prefer the toasted flavor.
• Place oats, almonds and dates in a large mixing bowl - set aside.
• Warm maple syrup (or agave or honey) and peanut butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir and pour over oat mixture and then mix, breaking up the dates to disperse throughout.
• Once thoroughly mixed, transfer to an 8x8-inch baking dish or other small pan lined with plastic wrap or parchment paper so they lift out easily. (A loaf pan might work, but will yield thicker bars // adjust size of pan if altering batch size).
• Press down firmly until uniformly flattened - I use something flat, like a drinking glass, to press down and really pack the bars, which helps them hold together better.
• Cover with parchment or plastic wrap, and let firm up in fridge or freezer for 15-20 minutes.
• Remove bars from pan and chop into 10 even bars (or 9 squares // as original recipe is written). Store in an airtight container for up to a few days. I kept mine in the freezer to keep them extra fresh, but it isn't necessary.

30+ HEALTHY RECIPES WITH OATS, INCLUDING CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BAKED OATMEAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• In a large mixing bowl, peel and mash two of the bananas.
• Then, add in almond milk, vanilla extract, and peanut butter to the mashed bananas. Whisk ingredients together.
• Next, add the rolled oats, baking powder, ground cinnamon, salt, and chocolate chips to the banana mixture. Whisk again, until all ingredients are well-combined.
• Pour the mixture evenly into a baking dish (I used a 9″x 6″ one) and add remaining banana (cut into rounds) on top. Then, sprinkle walnuts on top before placing the baking dish in oven for 30 minutes.
• Remove oatmeal from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before serving. Enjoy hot!

HEALTHY APPLE OAT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius or 375 Fahrenheit
• In a medium bowl, mix the oats, chia seeds (if using) and cinnamon
• Add the coconut oil or melted butter apple purée and egg (if usuing ), mix to combine
• Line a baking tray (I use a 20 centimeter square cake tin)
• Press the mix into the bottom of the baking dish so that it is an even layer, it should be around 1.5-2cm thick
• Bake at 180 degrees celsius or 375 Fahrneheit for 25 mins, it should be firm to the touch but not hard
• Cool and slice into squares

HEALTHY OAT BARS

Steps:

• mix dry ingredients and add a glug of hot water (maybe a couple of tbs)
• add in honey and nut butter, mix all together really well
• mixture should be sticky but quite lumpy, stiff and fairly dry, not like a cake batter but like a solid lumpy and flakey ball, almost more like a dough
• press down hard into silicon baking tin
• cook for 20-30 mins in 200 degree oven (preheat or not is fine). Take out and press down hard ten mins in with back of a plastic ladle or similar. press down again on removal. To ensure it all holds. When it comes out of oven it should all hold together fairly well but can still be softish, or can be left in longer or left in switched off oven for crispy Cool in tin but cut before it completely cools

HEALTHY FIG AND OAT BARS

Steps:

• Cover filling ingredients with boiling water, cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Combine all dry ingredients
• Combine wet ingredients.
• Add-in wet ingredients and mix
• Spread base into floured square pan.
• Stir filling until smooth - consistency should be like that of applesauce.
• Spread filling over base.
• Cover with low fat granola or rolled oats.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 18-20 minutes.

HEALTHY OAT AND APRICOT BREAKFAST BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, oats, apricots and sunflower seeds.
• Whisk together margarine and egg substitute.
• Quickly mix together wet and dry ingredients.
• Spoon into prepared pan and smooth top.
• Bake until firm, about 20 minutes.
• Cool completely before cutting into 8 rectangles.
• Yields 1 bar per serving.