Honey Oat Bars

I love this easy recipe for Honey Oat Bars.

You know that sinking feeling you get, when you’re all set for baking and you’ve run out of a vital ingredient like self raising flour (cake flour)? Well, that happened to me when I was all set to make cookies and I had to change it up pretty quickly and get something baked, in a hurry, for my starving crew.

I found a recipe for Muesli Cookies and because things had already turned sour for me, the cookies weren’t rolling very well into balls so I pressed the cookie dough into a slice pan and came up with these Honey Oat Bars.

The kids didn’t seemed to mind that they were in a square shape and not round cookies. Making a slice is so much easier sometimes when you’re in a hurry anyway.

This recipe is very similar to the good old Aussie favourite, Anzac biscuits, but with honey instead of golden syrup and, just for good measure, I added the last of the chocolate chips to this batch.

You could add just about anything like chopped dried fruit, nuts, top with icing or whatever. These will become a new favourite in our household. It’s amazing how new recipes are found under such stressful conditions!

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Easy Honey Oat Bars

A delicious treat for lunch boxes or snacks. This melt and mix recipe using common ingredients from your pantry produces a much nicer bar than what you can buy in the supermarket.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword flapjacks, muesli, muesli bars, oat bars, oats

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 18 pieces

Author Anne Murphy

Ingredients

• 1 cup oatmeal (rolled oats)
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 cup honey or syrup
• 90 grams butter or margarine
• 1/4 tsp bicarb soda
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 170 deg C.

2. Place honey and butter in a small saucepan and melt over low heat. 

3. Add bicarb soda and stir.

4. Place remaining ingredients into a bowl and mix together.

5. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and combine thoroughly.

6. Press into a slice pan (28x18cm) and bake until brown.

Recipe Notes

Add nuts, dried fruit, chocolate chips, sprinkles and any other of your favourite ingredients.

Choc Chip Oat Balls

I had a window of time yesterday and it was an absolute stinker so didn’t feel like putting the oven on. I remember recently pinning this gorgeous recipe for Peanut Butter Oatmeal Butterscotch Chip Cookie Dough Balls (phew!). I adapted the recipe to make Choc Chip Oat Balls had them made in no time and ready for when the kids came home from school.

Cookie dough isn’t as big over here in Australia but it should be. These balls had a bit of nice raw cookie dough taste while tasting of peanuts, honey and oats, plus the chocolate chips of course.

I did manage to find a handful of the butterscotch chips which were in the original recipe so I used them. You could use any type of chocolate chips.

I don’t think these have too much ‘bad’ stuff in them. Certainly no egg or dairy. Great for a quick energy boost during the day or to see you through the evening hour.

Choc Chip Oat Balls

(From the recipe at Bake Your Day)

• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1.1/4 cup rolled oats
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup apple sauce (available in a jar from the supermarket or make your own)
• 1 tbs honey
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup butterscotch chips (or any type of chocolate chip)

1. In a bowl add flour, oats, cinnamon and salt.
2. In another bowl mix peanut butter, maple syrup, apple sauce, honey and vanilla.
3. Add to flour mixture and stir through chocolate chips.
4. Using a small ice cream scoop, take spoonfuls of mixture and roll into balls.
5. Pop on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and refrigerate until required.