Healthy Maple Oat Breakfast Bars

These Healthy Maple Oat Breakfast Bars are the perfect fall food to make ahead so that you always have something nourishing waiting for you! I love to have them as a little midday snack or as dessert!

Sometimes, okay most of the time, I cannot be bothered to make an elaborate breakfast or any breakfast that requires thought.

I feel like most people are like that with lunches or dinners, but I honestly love taking my time in the kitchen with lunches and dinners. But I just cannot be bothered in the morning.

SO if you’re anything like me, I got you covered.

What makes these Maple Walnut Soft-Baked Bars so great?

• It’s literally 12 ingredients
• It’s SO quick
• It freezes really well
• You can make these nut-free!
• They’re YUMMY
• They’re nutritious!

How to eat these Healthy Maple Oat Bars?

If I’m having these for breakfast, I’ll usually heat 2 of these up in the oven or the microwave (depending on how lazy I’m feeling haha), and then I’ll top it with some of my favorite peanut butter and sliced banana (because is there really any other better combo).

If I’m having these as a quick snack or as a little something sweet after a meal, I’ll usually just eat one cold straight out of the fridge or if they’re in the freezer, I’ll microwave it and eat it.

But honestly these are great because you can top them with whatever you want!

OR I’ve also crumbled one of these on top of my yogurt bowl once because we didn’t have granola, and it hit the spot.

Ingredients

These honestly are so simple to make, and you can customize it so that it suits your tastes better!

Chia Egg: This acts as our egg replacement, but feel free to use an actual egg as a replacement! To make the chia egg, mix 1 tbsp of chia seeds with 2.5 tbsp of water and let it sit for 5 minutes. Then stir it and let it sit for another 2

Nut Milk: I used almond milk, but any milk you have on hand should work!

Almond/Sunflower Seed Butter: I used almond butter to add a slight nutty undertone but replace it with any seed butter to keep these nut free!

Maple Syrup: This is our sweetener, but you can replace it with honey or agave. I like getting my liquid sweeteners like honey and maple syrup in bulk because it’s a lot cheaper! Here’s the one I use!

Coconut Oil: This helps bind all the ingredients together, but I think replacing it with any oil you have should work

Rolled Oats: These are the base of the bar and are what help make these bars filling. I think you could replace these with quick oats too, but you may need another 1-2 tbsp!

Coconut Flour: Coconut flour is very absorbent, and I haven’t come across another flour that’s works the same. I would try replacing this with ¼-1/3 cup of almond flour or another 1/3 cup or so of oats. You want the texture to be like a cake batter

Vanilla Protein Powder: This adds in a boost of protein and flavor! I use this vanilla one for all my baking, but feel free to sub this with ½ tsp of vanilla extract and 1 tbsp of oats

Add- Ins: To make these maple walnut bars walnutty, I added in some chopped walnuts. I also added in some unsweetened shredded coconut because I like the slight flavor it adds, but feel free to add in cacao nibs, chocolate chips, almonds, pumpkin seeds, or whatever you feel like!

How to make these Breakfast Bars

Get ready for the easiest instructions of your life. Ready?

Preheat the oven to 350 F and mix together all the wet ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl.

Add in all the dry ingredients and combine well.

Pour into an 8 x 8 pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 20-25 minutes.

DONE

Why are these Maple Walnut Bars Balanced?

Have a couple of these bars for breakfast or having one as a snack is great because not only do they taste good, they also are giving your body lottts of nutrition to sustain you!

Protein: We’re getting protein mainly from the protein powder, but also from the nut butter, oats, and walnuts

Carbs: Our main source of carbs here are complex carbs from the rolled oats to give you slower released energy

Fat: We’re getting lotttts of nourishing fats here from the chia seeds, nut butter, coconut flour, walnuts, and shredded coconut!

How to Store

Like I mentioned before, these bars are great to make on the weekend so that you have something prepped if you don’t feeling like throwing together a breakfast one day (or multiple days if you’re like me).

These will be good in an air-tight container in the fridge for about 4-5 days.

I honestly prefer to freeze these just in case I don’t get through all of them in a week, I don’t want them to go to waste.

If I’m reheating some slices in the oven, I’ll preheat the oven to 350 F and just let the pieces reheat for 5 ish minutes.

 Let me know if you guys try these out and what variations you make! Tag me in your recreations on Instagram, @thebalancedblend