Healthy Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

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These healthy berry breakfast bars will be a new favorite staple for breakfast on busy school days or slow Saturday mornings. Made with simple healthy ingredients these Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars are versatile and can be made to suit what berries you have on hand. Serve warm or cold, we love them and make them at least once a week.

Why You’ll love This Recipe

• Healthy, made with whole oats, berries, and no refined sugar.
• Makes a wonderful breakfast option but can be made for anytime of day. (serve with ice cream for a yummy dessert option)
• You can make these ahead of time, or prep the night before to bake in the oven in the morning.
• Use what berries you have on hand change up the flavor by changing up the berries.
• Ingredients can easily swapped out if you need, don’t have coconut oil? butter is fine. (If you don’t need it dairy free or vegan)
• Sweetened with honey or maple syrup, each bring their own amazing flavor to the breakfast bars. Both are extremely good.
• This recipe can easily be doubled and make into a 9×13 baking dish

What Ingredients Will You Need?

• Rolled oats – Look for a gluten free oats if you are needing this recipe gluten free. The oats give the bars a hearty, chewy texture.
• Almond Flour – Brings a nice nutty flavor to these bars. ( I linked to the almond flour I use)
• Frozen Berries – blueberries, raspberries, strawberries(cut up), saskatoons, any small berry would work.
• Honey or maple syrup – healthy natural sweetness
• Coconut oil – Keeps this recipe vegan and dairy free. Butter can be substituted if needed
• Arrowroot Powder – Grain free thickener for the berries
• Vanilla, Baking Soda and Salt

Recommended Equipment with links:

• 9×9 inch baking dish
• Large mixing Bowl
• Parchment Paper
• Measuring Cups
• Mixing Spoon

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a 9×9 baking dish with parchment paper
2. Measure out the frozen berries and place on a mircowave safe dish or warm up and thaw on the stove.
3. Add the arrowroot powder to the berry mixture to thicken up the sauce.
4. In a large bowl add the rolled oats, almond flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
5. Add maple syrup or honey vanilla and coconut oil (solid)
6. Use a fork to mix the ingredients together and cut the coconut oil into the oat, almond flour mixture. You can the mixture to look like a crumb topping.
7. Reserve 1 cup of this crumb topping for the top. Pour the rest into the 9×9 baking dish and press in an even layer.
8. Dump the berries over top of the oatmeal layer and spread evenly.
9. Sprinkle the reserved crumb topping over the berries evenly.
10. Bake in the oven for 25 mins or until the top and sides are golden brown.
11. Serve warm or let cool and cut into bars.

Montgomery Creek Farm Life

Healthy Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

These Healthy Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars are made with wholesome oats, juicy berries, and natural sweeteners for a delicious breakfast or snack. Easy to make ahead, gluten-free, and perfect for busy mornings

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Servings: 9

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

  

• 3 cups frozen berries any combination of small berries works
• 1 tbsp arrowroot powder cornstarch works good too
• 2 cups rolled oats gluten free if needed
• 1½ cups almond flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 2/3 cup honey or maple syrup if honey make sure its liquid
• ½ cup coconut oil solid at room tempature
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Equipment

• Large Mixing Bowl
• 9×9 Baking Dish
• Parchment Paper

Method

 

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line a 9×9 baking dish with parchment paper
2. Measure out the frozen berries and place in a microwave safe dish or warm up and thaw on the stove.
3. Add the arrowroot powder to the berry mixture to thicken up the sauce.
4. In a large bowl add the rolled oats, almond flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
5. Add maple syrup or honey vanilla and coconut oil (solid)
6. Use a fork to mix the ingredients together and cut the coconut oil into the oat, almond flour mixture. You can the mixture to look like a crumb topping.
7. Reserve 1 cup of this crumb topping for the top. Pour the rest into the 9×9 baking dish and press in an even layer.
8. Dump the berries over top of the oatmeal layer and spread evenly.
9. Sprinkle the reserved crumb topping over the berries evenly.
10. Bake in the oven for 25 mins or until the top and sides are golden brown.
11. Serve warm or let cool and cut into bars.

How to store the Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Store in an air tight container (I have THIS set of glass storage containers and love them) on the counter for a couple days or in the fridge for up to a week. These bars also freeze well. Freeze individually for a quick breakfast on the go, or whole for am easy weekend breakfast to share.

If you make these Healthy Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars, I would love to know what berries you tried. I think saskatoons would make these a wonderful dessert on the side with ice cream.

Thank you friends, it’s been a pleasure,

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