Today I’m toasting oatmeal to create delicious peanut butter oatmeal bars, but I’m cutting the bars into bite-sized bits so they’ll last longer. I like making these oatmeal treats with peanut butter chips, but this recipe is also tasty with chocolate or butterscotch chips.
Ingredients for Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
In the youtube recipe video, I halved the ingredients below to make a smaller serving.
3 cups ROLLED OATS
1 cup NUTS
2 cups PEANUT BUTTER CHIPS
1 cup MAPLE SYRUP
½ cup COCONUT OIL
½ cup COCONUT MILK
2 Tbsp BUTTER
How to Make Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
- Toast the Old Fashioned Rolled Oats in an oven preheated to 300˚F. I toast mine for about 15 minutes, but ovens vary, so keep an eye on the oats as they bake. I like to toast the nuts as well. I prefer slivered almonds for this recipe. You can toast both oats and nuts at the same time, but don’t mix them in the same pan together, because the toasting time may differ, and some of the toasted oats will be blended for flour.
- After rolled oats have toasted and cooled, place half of the oats into a blender and blend to the consistency of flour.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the Maple Syrup and Coconut Oil. I’ve also added Vanilla Extract to this recipe in the past, and you can if you wish, but I think the flavor gets lost, so I generally skip the vanilla.
- Into the bowl, add the whole toasted oats, the oat flour, and the nuts. Mix everything together well.
- Line an approx. 8”x12” dish with parchment paper. Take half, or slightly more than half, of the oat mixture and spread it out evenly on the bottom of the dish. Press until compacted into a “crust-like” bottom. Set the rest of the oats aside as a topping for later.
- Set up a double boiler on the stove top, which is just a smaller pot sitting in a larger pot slightly filled with water.
- Heat the smaller pan in the water and then add the butter.
- When the butter has melted, add in the Peanut Butter Chips and continuously stir until the chips melt. It will happen in a matter of moments. I like to use Reese’s chips, but any peanut butter chips will work. Check prices for Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips on Amazon.
- Stir in the Coconut Milk until the mixture is smooth.
- While the mixture is still hot, pour it over the dish of pressed oats. Spread the peanut butter mixture evenly over the top. Now allow the dish to set for about 15 minutes before adding the topping.
- When the melted peanut topping has cooled, spread the remaining oats over the top to cover completely. Press the oat topping firmly.
- Place the dish in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
- Once the peanut butter oatmeal bars have set, you can slice the treat into whatever sizes you prefer, bars or bites!
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