Nut-Free Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Snack Bars (w/ No Banana)

Inside: Get a recipe for a nut free snack bar that’s filled with healthful components like oats and applesauce. They make a straightforward breakfast or snack for youths and grown-ups.

If you happen to want a bar that may simply be grabbed for breakfast or snacks however that’s completely nut- and peanut-free–and when you’ve got folks in your home (like my husband) who don’t like banana in something, this bar is for them!

These nut free snack bars are mushy and moist, candy (however not too candy), and really satisfying. You might simply swap in dried fruit for the chocolate chips.

How you can make Nut-Free Snack Bars

Combine dry components (oats via cinnamon) in a medium bowl. In one other bowl, mix eggs, applesauce, honey, and vanilla and blend effectively.

Add moist to dry components and stir till mixed.

Pour batter into baking pan lined with parchment and bake for 25 minutes or till calmly browned round edges and set within the center. Gently elevate bars out of pan and set on cooling rack. When cool, slice into squares.

What sort of oats ought to I exploit in these nut-free bars?

I used old style oats in these (they’re larger and chewier) however you could possibly additionally use fast oats. Do not forget that all oats (whether or not old style or fast) are 100% entire grain and excessive in fiber.

I can’t eat eggs (or don’t have any). Now what?

You can also make these bars with out utilizing the eggs. As an alternative to every egg, use a flax egg. How you can make a flax egg: Mix one tablespoon floor flaxseed with three tablespoons water, stir, and let it sit for no less than 5 minutes to thicken. Double this to interchange each eggs on this recipe. 

What’s white entire wheat flour?

For this recipe, I used white entire wheat flour as a substitute of all-purpose flour. It’s made out of white wheat (as a substitute of the standard crimson) and is lighter in shade and milder tasting than common entire wheat. However like all entire grains, the wheat kernels haven’t been stripped of any of their components. So the flour is of course wealthy in fiber, iron, protein, and B nutritional vitamins. However in the event you don’t have any, you too can use all-purpose flour or common entire wheat flour. 

How must you retailer these bars?

Hold these bars in an hermetic container for 1-3 days on the counter. As a result of they’re moist, they need to be transferred to the fridge for longer storage.

Are you able to freeze these nut-free bars?

Sure! Wrap them tightly in foil, then place inside a freezer-safe plastic bag. For very best quality, defrost and eat inside a number of months.