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Don’t let your mornings be dull and lifeless any longer! Give yourself and your loved ones the gift of a nutritious and delightful breakfast with our Oatmeal and Dried Fruit Breakfast Bars. Come and enjoy a burst of energy and flavor with every bite!

Oatmeal and Dried Fruit Breakfast Bars
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Resting Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 16 depending on size 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Easy
Ingredients
- 2 cups steel-cut oats
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Pink Himalayan salt
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened almond soy milk
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons almond butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 cup mixed dried fruit, I used a cake fruit mix (you can use any dried fruit you prefer)
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 teabag, I used red bush tea (but you can use any flavor you prefer)
- 1/4–1/2 cup candied ginger, cut into small pieces (optional)
- 1 quartered and diced banana
Instructions
- Lightly coat an 8×8” square pan/glass dish with cooking spray or use this Pan Release Recipe
- Boil the water, pour over the teabag, and add to the dried fruit.
- Set aside for ½ hour and let the fruit soak up the tea.
- Discard any excess tea.
- Preheat oven to 375F / 190C.
- Blend together the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the milk, applesauce, egg, honey, almond butter, and vanilla.
- Add the soaked dried fruit (discard the excess fluid) and ginger (if you use it – optional) and stir to combine.
- The mixture will be very wet.
- Fold in the diced banana, then pour into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes till golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool, cut into bars, and enjoy.
Bakers note:
I modified this recipe and added the soaked fruit and ginger, thus once cooled and cut into bars, I returned it to the oven at 200F/93C for an hour (door opened with a spoon) as if drying biscotti, as it was still very moist inside, although baked through.
It turned out more like bread or cake but as I wanted to use it as a breakfast bar, I decided to add the extra step. I just love it, hope you will enjoy it as well.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Esme (blogger and owner) of The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes from Home Chefs and SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 block
- Calories: 132
- Sugar: 7.4 g
- Sodium: 73.9 mg
- Fat: 2.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 24.5 g
- Fiber: 3.9 g
- Protein: 4.3 g
- Cholesterol: 11.6 mg

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