How To Make Morning Maple Cranberry Pecan Oat Bars Recipe
Loaded with toasted pecans, dried cranberries, toasted oats, and a bit of cinnamon, these chewy oat bars are a delicious snack or on-the-go breakfast meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2cupsrolled oats,old-fashioned, or quick-cooking, or gluten-free
- ½cuppecans,chopped
- 1cupdried cranberries,chopped
- ½cupplain almond milk,unsweetened
- ½cupmultigrain hot cereal
- 1cupnatural almond butter,or unsweetened
- ½cuppure maple syrup
- 1tspground cinnamon
- ¼tspfine sea salt
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9-inch square baking pan with foil or parchment paper and then spray with nonstick spray.
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Spread the oats and pecans on a large rimmed baking sheet.
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Bake in the preheated oven for about 6 to 8 minutes, shaking halfway through, until golden and fragrant.
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Transfer to a large bowl, then add the chopped cranberries.
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Bring the milk to a boil in a small saucepan set over medium heat. Stir in the multi-grain cereal and remove from the heat; let stand for about 2 minutes.
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Add the nut or seed butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt. Cook and stir the mixture over low heat for about 6 to 7 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla extract.
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Immediately add the cereal mixture to the oats mixture, mixing with a spatula until coated.
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Transfer the mixture to the prepared pan and flatten with the back of a measuring cup. Place a large piece of parchment paper or wax paper atop the bar mixture and use it to spread, flatten, and very firmly compact the bars evenly in the pan.
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Cool completely. Refrigerate for about 1 hour or until firm.
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Using the liner, lift the mixture from the pan and transfer to a cutting board. Peel off the foil or parchment and cut into 16 bars.
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Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 216.89kcal
- Fat: 12.40g
- Saturated Fat: 1.03g
- Trans Fat: 0.00g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 7.15g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.34g
- Carbohydrates: 24.71g
- Fiber: 3.59g
- Sugar: 12.05g
- Protein: 5.16g
- Sodium: 49.50mg
- Calcium: 88.79mg
- Potassium: 199.19mg
- Iron: 1.22mg
- Vitamin A: 0.12µg
- Vitamin C: 0.06mg
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