Starving for Healthy Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars? Photo Courtesy – Pinterest
By this descriptive and informative title, I bet you would already figure out that these Pumpkin breakfast bars are nutritious. Pumpkin Bars are delicate, chewy, and loaded with healthy ingredients like oats, coconut oil, and honey. These soft-baked, chewy bars make a superb breakfast. They are portable, which means they are perfect for hectic mornings.
These pumpkin oat bars make a great snack. They even make a healthy little treat when added to a lunchbox.
How to make Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars?
The secret here is using a mixture of oats and oat flour. You can buy oat flour and make oat flour at home in the blender, both options work great.
This recipe is as simple as combining all the ingredients in a large bowl with a woody spoon. Once the batter is prepared, simply spread it into an oiled baking dish, drop it in on the oven, and bake for around 20 minutes or until the edges just start to turn golden. That’s it!
This recipe testing results are very similar to those banana bars with a pumpkin twist.
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Why oat flour?
Oat flour binds better to the batter which results in these fantastic crispy breakfast bars that taste a million times better than the store brought ones.
For a quick checklist, you can follow the underneath part –
Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars:
Course – Snack
Equipment – Pan, Blender, Oven
Prep Time – 10 min
Bake Time – 20 min
Total time – 30 min
Ingredients:
4 cups oats
1 cup brown sugar or honey
½ cup melted butter or coconut oil
½ Cup pumpkin
3 Tsp pie spice
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Instructions:
• Heat the oven to 365 degrees and then line a baking pan.
• Place half of the oats in the glass of a blender and pulse. Then, pour into a bowl.
• Add the rest of the oats, brown sugar, and pumpkin spice and blend until well incorporated.
• Mix in butter or coconut oil and pumpkin.
• Press the mix into the arranged pan, making sure it is firmly compressed.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until you see golden on top.
• Take away from the oven and wait for 10 minutes
• Before taking it out of the pan cut it into bars.
Helpful Tips, Tricks & Equipment:
• I recommend making this recipe with oats, which will result in a nice, chewy surface.
• To make oat flour, use a mini food processor or a blender to grind oats into a fine powder.
• If you have extra oat flour, you can always save it for a healthy oat smoothie.
• You can use dried fruit, chopped nuts, or chocolate chips to add flavor to these bars.
• Cut into smaller pieces for your kid if required.
• These bars are delicate when warm out of the oven, so be sure to let them cool completely before cutting.
• Top with butter, cream cheese, or apple if desired.
I’d love to know your experience with this recipe. So, please comment below and share! The more I hear from you, the better I can keep making my content for you.
Thanks in advance!
Happy pumpkin baking!
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