Baked Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
Published Jan. 29, 2025

- Total Time
- 40 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 1 cup/240 milliliters plain whole-milk yogurt
- ¾cup/165 grams packed brown sugar
- ½cup/120 milliliters unsweetened applesauce
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons grapeseed or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups/161 grams cups quick-cooking oats
- 1cup/128 grams all-purpose flour
- 2teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼teaspoon baking soda
- ¾teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two opposite sides.
- Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, brown sugar, applesauce, eggs, oil and vanilla. Add the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Fold by dragging a large flexible spatula under and over the mixture, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl as you go, until no dry streaks are visible. Transfer batter to the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 27 to 30 minutes.
- Step 3
Transfer to a rack to fully cool. Once cool, using a paring knife, separate the two edges without parchment from the pan. Then using the parchment overhang, lift out of the pan and transfer to a cutting board. Cut into 16 pieces with a serrated knife.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month. To reheat, wrap in foil (no need to thaw if frozen) and bake at 325 degrees until warm, about 10 minutes (longer if frozen).
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Comments
The high sugar content and low protein content is not what I want from a breakfast bar.
If you soak the old-fashioned oats in the yogurt and applesauce overnight, they work too.
If you have rolled oats, you can blitz them in a food processor or blender to create quick cooking oats.
Followed this to a T (except I used old fashioned oats) and the whole thing was a gooey mess. I don’t know how much longer I had to cook this thing to make it set, but I won’t be making it again to find out.
@Mac Cut 1 large slab into 4 pieces and then cut each into half for 8 pieces and half again for 16. It's basic maths!!
@Anna I would replace egg with a flax egg or yoghurt. You need the protein to add stability/substance. Add 1/2tsp baking powder for lift, eggs helps it rise
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