Ingredients
3/4 cup oats
3oz wheat flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup honey
1/2 cup blueberries
References
Recipe lightly adapted from HowSweetEats
Notes
1. I modified the original recipe to use half the amount of butter. I also used honey to replace 1/2 of the sugar. The honey made the bars chewy and they held their shape pretty well.
2. The key is to allow it to cool before slicing.
Method
Sift whole wheat flour. Combine oats and whole wheat flour.
Add brown sugar.
Add cinnamon.
Add salt.
Mix together.
Now add melted butter.
Vanilla extract goes in next.
Next goes the honey.
Toss it all together. The honey holds the mixture pretty tight.
Add the blueberries. Just toss them together. The blueberries do not stick with the mix, but we can press them in when we place in baking tray.
The original recipe called for a 8 x 8 pan. I halved it and used the small rectangle pyrex container (3.5 cup). Spray and flour the baking dish.
Bake at 350F for 20 minutes. The blueberries opened up nicely and had that pleasant color. Now as much as you are tempted to eat it right away, it is better to allow it to cool. Cooling helps the bars to hold up the shape.
I refrigerated it for few hours and then sliced it into bars.
Yummy, chewy bars with blueberries ready. There are a variety of ways to enjoy this treat. You can have it like a breakfast bar or add some ice cream to it and have it for dessert.
(I also made the original recipe which was more of a crumble and obviously tasted good, thanks to the butter. So go for chewy or crumble based on the mood )
Enjoy!
Sending these bars to Monika’s Oats Event started by Sangeetha.
Made these the other day! Simply divine! I used olive oil instead of butter and only 1tbsp spoon of sugar, I also used half parts rice-syrup and honey (I find rice syrup gives everything a nice chewy texture and is less sweet) They worked out perfectly! Everybody loved them! Crunchy outside and chewy inside – YUM!
yumm…looks very nice nd delicious…..
These are delicious… bookmarked…
Looks pretty and healthy, great to pack in lunch box!
healthy bars with oats.. good one..
Such healthy and delicious bars! The look fab!
I love breakfast bars and this one looks delicious
That would be nice to have with coffee! That appears easy enough…adding it to my must-try recipe list!!
The blueberry bars looks absolutely delicious and tempting…lovely clicks Vardini
Gita Jaishankar
http://gitaskitchen.blogspot.com/
Healthy crunchy and yummy bars…
Wow…Love those chewy bars filled with all goodness of oats and blueberries…
Such a healthy bar….Good and tempting bars…
oats bars looks perfect with blueberries.
Love the addition of blueberries..looks superb
WOw..easy breezy oats bar Vardhini..Great going.
tasty breakfast with very healthy n yummy ingredients…n also i love to have as an dessert with some wt. watchers ice cream love it …
Bars look sooo good and grt!!
healthy snack..
thanks for sharing dear..
Blueberry bars look superbly made. Ready and waiting to munch on a few of those.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
Your bars looks so good! Love it! Thanks for sharing!
a healthy treat. we dont get blueberries here. can you suggest any other fruit that we can use instead?
Ingredients are very healthy and perfect for breakfast!
Perfect bars…looks so yummy…
Love the speckles of blueberries very much.. so beautifully done… Like your curvy serving plate…
wow. You are killing me… those were super yummy
That looks so yummy and delicious Vardhini.
Looks so delicious, love the addition of blueberries.
oops I saw that u have already sent it thank u so much
was reading it from phone so blame it on that
looks lovely and yummy
send it to my event oats in baking
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That looks so yummy:)
It looks gorgeous, if only I could find fresh blueberry, I would make this instantly
love anythg with blueberry…ur recipe looks tempting
Blueberry bars looks superb.. Give me one bar please.
awsome bars looking delightful just eat it
Wow looks very nice. Love it
Blueberry bars perfect healthy n crunchy..yumm