These healthy blueberry oat bars, are just what you need if your planning to eat healthy and clean. The bars are vegan friendly. Totally clean snack. that you will like to bake and store.
Why are these blueberry oat bars healthy ?
- Its got all things clean. yes it is !!
- Gluten free
- Vegan Friendly
- Refined flour free,
- Refined sugar free
- no butter,
- no vegetable oil.
- It has oats, blueberry, coconut oil, almond flour, coconut sugar and your sorted. nothing else.
HOW TO MAKE HEALTHY BLUEBERRY OAT BARS
These blueberry oats bars are simple to whip up and bake, because it is a simple one bowl recipe. Before the ingredients, just the tools you will need.
Tools
- 7x7 pan or and 8x8. I used and 8x8 and my bars were a little thin.
- parchment sheet
- baking spray
- spatula
- measuring spoon
- weighing scale.
Ingredients
These bars uses some wholesome ingredients. That are usually available in your pantry.
- Oats - quick or instant oats, (not steel cut or rolled) Oats form the main base for these bars. and its our hero ingredient here. So no deviation here. We are not going to replace or substitute with any thing else. If you are gluten intolerant, I suggest using oats made in a non gluten facility.
- Almond Flour - I used almond flour, to keep it gluten free and low on carb, as we have oats for carbohydrates. (Now you can use refined flour or even whole wheat flour. Read the notes)
- Coconut Oil - yes, coconut oil is what I have used. because its vegan. So good health benefits and good fats included in your bars.
- Coconut Sugar - These bars have no refined sugar or brown sugar, its coconut sugar. Coconut sugar is the most natural sugar that is available(which is less processed and thus a lot of nutrients are still intact) also, a little lower in glycemic index. For more on coconut sugar, this article will be helpful .
- Blueberries - Fresh or frozen ones are just fine.
- Cinnamom ground - just to elevate the flavour.
- Xanthan gum - optional. xanthan gum, helps bind the ingredients in a gluten free bake. this is completely optional. These bars are definitely crumbly. So to bind them you either use xanthan gum or some kind of nut butter.
Adding nuts is an optional - you can add walnuts, almonds or pecans.
Coconut Sugar and the Coconut oil in these bars are not only healthy, but makes them warm and toasty.
SUBSTITUTE AND SWAPS
FOR THESE HEALTHY BLUEBERRY BARS YOU CAN USE SO MANY substitutes and swaps and can just personalise these bars.
- NUT BUTTERS - Almond butter, peanut butter, or any nut butter of the same quantity can be used in place of coconut oil.
- FLOUR - If you are gluten tolerant, then just add in some flour in place of almond flour. and in that case you will omit xanthan gum
- GLUTEN FREE FLOUR : You can swap some almond flour with a gluten free flour. with a 1:1 ratio substitution. In this recipe I use 75 grams of almond flour. You can use the same amount of gluten free flour.
- BERRIES, NUTS & SEEDS - use mixed berries, toasted nuts or even seeds of your choice.
HOW TO BAKE BLUEBERRY OATS BARS
These are simple tray bake. mix all the ingredients in a bowl, and pack them tight in the pan. Bake for about 20 mins. Let them cool completely before cutting into bar.
If not using xanthan gum or nut butter, I recommend keeping it chilled. else it will crumble because there is no other binding agent.
📖 Recipe
BLUEBERRY OAT BARS
Equipment you will need
Ingredients
- 150 grams oats (instant or quick oats)
- 75 grams almond flour
- 60 grams coconut sugar
- 120 ml coconut oil (read recipe notes )
- 200 grams blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 tsp cinnamon (ground)
- ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum (optional (I did not use in this recipe) )
Instructions
- Spray and line a square 7x7 or an 8x8 pan with a parchment paper. Preheat oven.
- Take a mixing bowl, put all the dry ingredients(oats, coconut sugar, almond flour, ground cinnamon) use a fork to simply whisk . If using xanthan gum, you will add it at this stage.
- Now, add in the coconut oil or nut butter(read recipe notes). mix well until it all comes together. Fold in the blueberries, gently into the oats mixture.
- Now transfer to the pan. Now, since this does not have a binding ingredient. You will have to press the oats batter tight into the pan.
- Bake at 170°c for 25 mins. Take it out, and let it cool completely. Then let it refrigerate and cut when chilled.
Notes
- These bars are crumbly, hence they dont stand good in room temperature. So I recommend to keep the bars chilled.
- To have a binding factor, use xanthan gum or nut butter
- Xanthan gum - it is a food additive, used as a thickening agent. In baking, it turns into gel like consistency, when mixed with liquid, which enables it to bind. Very important for gluten free baking. here you may use ¼ teaspoon mixed into the oats before adding any liquid. I did not use them in my bars
- Nut Butter - Use the said quantity of any nut butter.
Nutrition
Storage and Other tips
- These bars, can be chilled for almost a week. I do not recommend freezing, this particular bar recipe, which has not binding ingredient. Because when thawed, these bars will crumble way too much. Now if you have substituted or used any ingredient, you can go ahead and freeze them.
- Store them in airtight container and then refrigerate it.
Thats a wrap with my healthy blueberry oat bars. Will come back with more of these. In the meanwhile there are more blueberry recipes on the blog. So I want to know What variation of the oat bar did you make ? Gluten free or Vegan or both ? Write in to me.
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Happy baking & much Love
Shri 🙂
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