Healthy Breakfast Bars - Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Oat Bars
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Yield: 9 bars
Healthy Breakfast Bars are made with a crispy yet chewy peanut butter oat mixture that sandwiches a layer of sweet strawberry jam. It's a combo that's classic for a reason. Have it for a quick breakfast or snack at the counter or take it on the go.
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Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cup high quality gluten-free all-purpose flour containing xantham gum I used King Arthur's GF Measure for Measure
- 1 ½ cup certified gluten free organic rolled oats
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients:
- ½ cup coconut oil* melted
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup natural creamy peanut butter
- ¾ cup organic strawberry jam
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease all sides of a 8×8 baking dish with some butter or non-stick organic spray. Set aside.
- Add dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl (GF flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, salt.) Stir until evenly distributed.
- Melt coconut oil in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Add pure maple syrup and coconut oil to the dry ingredients. Mix until ingredients start to form together. It should resemble sort of a crumble but stick together when pressed. Optional: If mixture is not sticking together, try stirring in another 1-2 tbsp. of maple syrup.
- Set aside a little over ⅓ of the mixture.
- Add peanut butter to the remaining ⅔ of the mixture. Stir until evenly incorporated.
- Press peanut butter mixture into the bottom of your prepared baking dish. You want to press firmly so the oats create a flat, even layer with no spaces for jam to spill through. I prefer to do this with a silicone spatula.
- Spoon and spread the strawberry jam onto the bottom layer, making sure to leave ½ of an inch to 1 inch of space around all sides to prevent the jam from trickling down.
- Sprinkle the remaining ⅓ of the oat mixture evenly overtop of the jam layer. Lightly press down with your hands or a silicone spatula so that the top oat layer adheres to the jam. This will prevent excessive crumbliness. Tip: Be sure to press firmly, but not so firmly that you squish the jam down the sides of the pan.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until light golden in color. Tip: Since we are using coconut oil and not butter, the oats will stay a light golden color and not really brown.
- Let cool completely in pan before cutting into 9 squares. Important: Bars will crumble and jam will spill out if you cut the mixture while still warm.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*It’s your choice whether you want to use refined or unrefined coconut oil. You can read more about it in my post, but unrefined coconut oil has a slight smell/taste of coconut and unrefined does not. I prefer to use organic unrefined because I don’t mind the subtle flavor.
This recipe is best eaten within 2-3 days at room temperature, and lasts for up to a week in the fridge. Note: Natural jams with large pieces of fruit will spoil faster at room temperature, so its best to only make what you can eat within a few days unless you plan to store it in the fridge.
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