Why We Love Oat Breakfast Bars
Back-to-school breakfasts can be a little tricky. We want our babies to have full bellies before they head out for the day. Yet it’s not always possible to make a full-scale breakfast, with early bus schedules and such. That’s why we are big fans of breakfast bars! Although you can buy oat breakfast bars in the cereal aisle at your local grocery store, they taste SO much better homemade. Not only that, you have the ability to adjust the ingredients to suit your family’s likes and dietary needs.
Healthy Oat Bar Recipe
Our daughter Ava struggled with health issues last winter. Although she is much better now, a side effect of her illness is that she now has strong reactions (intolerances) to Dairy, Gluten, and Rice. The rest of us can pretty much eat anything we like. However, we have experimented with all sorts of alternative recipes so she can enjoy desserts, and other foods kids like to eat. Rice has surprisingly been the trickiest food to avoid, because so many of the gluten-free and dairy-free options available are made with rice flour or rice syrup. This Breakfast Oat Bar Recipe is a copycat recipe we created after finding oat bars she could eat at a local coffee shop called the Dripolator. We were surprised to find gluten-free vegan baked goods, without rice flour, so we bought a couple extra bars as taste-testers and went home to experiment in the kitchen. The Oat Breakfast Bar Recipe we came up with is soft and decadent with a strong brown sugar oatmeal essence. There are nuts and chunks of dates speckled throughout to offer crunch and depth of flavor. It’s important to note, that because they are vegan, they are also egg-free. This makes them great for anyone with food allergies or intolerances to Wheat/Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Rice… and the Nuts could be easily omitted as well! I find they are great to take to parties and events, when you don’t know who you’re serving.
Vegan Breakfast Bars
We used “flax eggs” in place of eggs, which consist of ground flax seeds and water. The mixture thickens into a gel substance that makes a wonderful egg substitute for baking. However, if no one in your family is vegan or intolerant to eggs, you could certainly remove the flax seeds and water, and add 2 large eggs to this Breakfast Oat Bar Recipe. Our Breakfast Oat Bar Recipe makes a perfect quickie breakfast or snack because each bar offers nearly a full serving of oats, along with nuts and dates. Yet best of all they taste delicious and have the most fabulous soft, moist, and slightly crumbly texture, so no one ever turns them down. Give them a try this week!
Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Ingredients
Gluten-free quick oats, or rolled oats (I used Bob’s Red Mill) Light brown sugar, packed Vegan butter, sticks or spread (Earth Balance) Water Chia seeds or flax seeds, ground Vanilla extract Ground cinnamon Salt Chopped dates Chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds)
Optional Oatmeal Bar Add-Ins or Swaps
Dried cranberries Sunflower seeds Cashews Chocolate Chips Raisins Dried cherries Dried banana pieces Nut butter (almond butter, cashew butter, or peanut butter instead of vegan butter)
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