Easy Nut Free Breakfast Bars with Oats and Chocolate
Easy and delicious nut free breakfast bars will help make your morning go smoothly and start your day off right.
Ingredients
- 6 T. butter
- 1 c. whole grain flour
- 3/4 c. rolled oats
- 1/2 t. baking soda
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 egg
- 3/4 c. brown sugar
- 1/2 c. applesauce
- 1 c. dark chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Melt the butter and allow to start cooling.
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line an 8x8 or 9x9 square baking dish with parchment paper and grease with non-stick cooking spray.
- Whisk together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl: flour, oats, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Combine wet ingredients in a large bowl: butter, egg, brown sugar, and applesauce. Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Mix only until combined
- Fold in the chocolate chunks.
- Spread the batter into the prepared baking dish. Bake for approximately 30 minutes.
- Once the edges start to brown, remove from the oven and let cool on a rack for 15 minutes.
- Carefully lift the parchment and bars from the pan and allow to fully cool on the wire rack.
- Once cooled, cut into 12 equal pieces and serve.
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