I wanted to create oatmeal bars for on-the-go that lacked the artificial components prevalent in store-bought bars. This recipe makes chewy oats bars as a base, but you may adjust the flavor and texture to your liking by adding chopped nuts, dried fruit, or chocolate chips. These are the ideal grab-and-go breakfast, snack, or addition to a lunchbox because they are packed with oats.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 16 bars |
Ingredients
- 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
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- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square pan.
- Mix oats, brown sugar, white sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
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- Whisk milk, eggs, canola oil, and vanilla together in a separate bowl.
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- Stir egg mixture into the oat mixture until well combined. Let sit until flavors blend, about 20 minutes.
- Spread oat mixture into the prepared pan.
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- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden brown, about 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely before cutting into 16 bars.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 184 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 49 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 271 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
The basic recipe is precisely what you need to springboard into a delicious breakfast bar! The first pan I added 1 Tbs vanilla (yes, you read that right), 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 cup toasted, chopped pecans, and 1 cup reconstituted raisins (I don’t like dry raisins). The second pan I added 1 Tbs vanilla, 1 cup white chocolate chips, and 1 cup macadamia nuts.
I followed the recipe as written. Lovely recipe which allows for creativity based on individual tastes. I added raisins and walnuts. (I am mystified by reviews claiming a soggy bottom – Not my experience!) This will be a regular go-to for breakfast and a snack!
I made them and they were wet on the bottom. I tried to eat but they didn’t seem cooked. Threw then out!
I followed the recipe except added raisins, dried cranberries, chocolate chips. I let it sit 90 minutes before baking because of reports it could be soggy. When baking time was up, it still felt wet so I added 10 minutes more. I cooled it 45 minutes before trying to take it out of the pan. It was a soggy mess. It tasted very sweet, because of add-ins, and my husband liked it. However it was not good for its intended use as a road trip snack.
Good quick tasty recipe. I think I may pipe some vanilla chocolate and pumpkin seeds on the top to get my kids more on board to try them.
Walnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, raisins, cranberries and chocolate chips!!!
I made these the first time just like the recipe said to. Just like other reviewers they were a little bland but I thought still very good. So the 2nd batch I added chopped walnuts, chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, extra cinnamon and extra vanilla. Just before I put them in the oven I added cinnamon sugar mixture to the top to help for a crust similar to a coffee cake. Turned out very good.
These are delicious. I added dried cranberries & a little bit of white chocolate morsels as I had them on hand. It doesn’t specify here, but I used an 8×8” brownie pan. Froze most of them individually as suggested here. Perfect for my husband to take for a quick eat while working. Try em! Easy to make.
I left out the milk, eggs and white sugar and replaced them with golden syrup and butter. Added shredded coconut and mixed dried fruits. Nice and crunchy. Much more palatable. Kinda a twist on the Australian ANZAC biscuit.
It was good. I used replacement Swerve brown sugar and added peanut butter.
It was very tasty and simple to make
no flour? I added flax seed and raisens.
I love this as a base for my breakfast bars. Here are a few things I have added: seven sundays oatmeal, applesauce, yogurt, craisins reduced sugar, raisins and many kinds of nuts. If I am feeding them to my grandkids they like m and m’s and butterscotch chips. My question is I was thinking of trying some blueberry honey-any ideas?
Really good snack! To make it healthier I replaced the sugar with honey.
I made these and they taste ok but overall it was a horrible mess. Way too wet. Even 40 minutes in the oven did not help. Why add baking powder to a recipe that contains no flour? Thoughr it had to be a mistake. Will not try these again in the current recipe.
I added cloves, nutmeg allspice and dried cherries. My kids gobbled them up. I’ve made them 3 times, still a hit.
I soaked the oats as instructed but these bars were pretty unappealing. They aren’t crunchy, fine. They are moist but that doesn’t work with oats I don’t think, they just taste undercooked and the oats themselves are chewy. Sweet enough, but the mouthfeel is just like chewing cold oats. No thanks. If there were a way to make them crispier without burning them and making the oats taste more “done” they might work. I also cooked for requisite time and temp.
This is a great recipe to get started with making oatmeal bars. I increased the cinnamon to 1.5 tsp and added 1/2 tsp fresh nutmeg. I followed the others and omitted the brown sugar, but substituted a sugar-free alternative with unsweetened applesauce in lieu of the oil.
Prepared according to recipe, absolutely delicious. Added raisins and walnut. Folks that are finding them mushy probably didn’t soak them. I soak for 30 minutes instead of 20 minutes. Remember not cookies shouldn’t be to sweet.
Great recipe! I used honey instead of brown sugar and white sugar to make it healthier. This made the texter softer and chewyer, rather than crunchy, but I liked it more that way anyway. I also added pumkin spice and nutmeg, which saved it from tasting bland. It’s a great pre or post workout snack!
I followed the recipe exactly as written, except I let it sit on the counter 40 minutes before baking (instead of 30). I let the bars cool completely. The bottom was gloppy and soggy, and they were tasteless. I won’t make these again.