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The Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Bars I Make for School Lunches

The Healthy Blueberry Oatmeal Bars I Make for School Lunches
Prep
15 min
Cook
35 min
Total
50 min
Serves
12
Calories
150 kcal
Carbs
22.00 g

Ingredients

  • 1 cupold-fashioned oats
  • ¾ cupall-purpose flour (or gluten-free flour blend)
  • ⅓ cuplight brown sugar
  • ¼ tspbaking soda
  • ¼ tspsalt
  • ½ tspcinnamon (optional)
  • 6 tbspunsalted butter, melted (or coconut oil)
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1 cupblueberries (fresh or frozen)
  • ¼ cupgranulated sugar
  • 2 tspcornstarch

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

  3. 3

    Stir in melted butter and vanilla extract until crumbly.

  4. 4

    Press half of the oat mixture firmly into the pan to form the base.

  5. 5

    In another bowl, toss blueberries with sugar and cornstarch. Spread over the oat base.

  6. 6

    Crumble the remaining oat mixture on top, gently pressing down.

  7. 7

    Bake for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and the blueberries are bubbly.

  8. 8

    Cool completely, then lift out using parchment paper and cut into squares.