Wholegrain Oatmeal Almond Flaxseed Bars

I have been wanting to make my own breakfast bars for some time now. And kept putting it off for one or the other reason. These that I eventually did try are from Nayna’s Simply Sensational Food. She is my partner for the blog hop this month. I have previously blog hopped her and loved this Coconut Pistachio burfi. She has such a variation of recipe collection, that it was hard to decide on just one to try. But eventually I tried the oatmeal bars with variations. It turned out really nice. Kids loved the chocolate goodness on top. Done once and healthy breakfast is at my fingertips every morning.

These oatmeal bars are packed with nutrients. It’s made from whole grain flour, oatmeal, almonds and last not least flaxseed. Kept sugar to minimum by using brown sugar combined with molasses. Do try these and you will be licking your fingers at last crumble.

Prep Time: 5 mins. | Cooking Time: 5 mins. | Baking Time: 45 mins.

Original recipe here.

Ingredients:

Whole grain flour – 1 Cup

Oatmeal – 1 Cup

Almonds powder (any nuts) – ¾ Cup

Milled Flaxseed – ¼ Cup

Desiccated Coconut – ¼ Cup

Baking soda – ½ tsp.

Salt – ¼ tsp.

Unsalted Butter – ½ Cup / 1 butter stick melted

Molasses – ¼ Cup

Honey - 2 tbsp.

Brown sugar – ¾ Cup

Chocolate chips (optional) – ½ Cup

Method of Preparation:

~ Take a wide mixing bowl. Mix all the first 7 dry ingredients together. The flour, oats, almond powder, flaxseed, desiccated coconut, baking soda, and salt.

~ In a pan add the butter, brown sugar, molasses and honey. Heat them till the sugar melts. It should take about 4 to 5 minutes.

~ Grease a 9X13 inch baking dish. Preheat the oven at 325 degree Fahrenheit/ 160 degree Celsius.

~ Pour this syrup into the dry ingredients slowly and mix with a spoon first since it will be hot. Once you are able to handle, mix it all together and pat it tightly into the greased baking tray.

~ Bake for about 40 ~ 45 minutes.

~ Add the chocolates on top. Cut them into bars. And put them back into the switched off oven for another 10 minutes. I only added them to half of the baked portion for kids.

Notes:

- I powdered almonds to hide them from my kids. You can use any size or bits of nuts as you desire.

- If you would like chocolate chips in all of it, just mix it in the dough before you pack it in.

Check out my previous blog hop entries…

These are cooked up to go for Radhika of Tickling Palates blog hop event.


Sending this to Bon Vivant - Breakfast Ideas happening at my place.

And also to,
~ Vardhini's event Bake Fest hosted by me.
~ Radhika's I love Baking event
~ Cusine Delight's Lunchbox Ideas started by Recipe Junction
~ Ayeesha's Healthy Morsels - Pregnancy
~ CWS-Oats event by Priya
~ My Culinary Creations Snacks Recipes
~ Only Snacks event by Pari