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    Home » Breakfast » Breakfast Bar Recipe with Peanut Butter

    Published: Jan 5, 2021 · Modified: Sep 17, 2021 by Pam

    Breakfast Bar Recipe with Peanut Butter

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    The best and easiest breakfast bar recipe is packed with protein from peanut butter and eggs. With just minutes of easy prep and baking you’ll have enough bars for the week ahead.

    breakfast bars in stick with more behind

    Lightly sweetened with honey, and customizable by adding more ingredients, you’ll find yourself grabbing these breakfast bars for snacks too.

    Truly an easy breakfast bar recipe…

    Making them is just a matter of stirring a few ingredients together in one bowl. It all gets pressed down in a baking pan and cooks in the oven for about 15 minutes. That’s it!

    We have cut them into 8 larger bars or 12 smaller ones by cutting down the middle once, and then divide by however many you want. Adding a few to your Breakfast Charcuterie Board will give it a “grab and go” element.

    breakfast bars being cut

    Besides the basic ingredients what can be added?

    We love pecans around here and have an ample supply. If you don’t believe it, just check out our collection of pecan recipes.

    So, naturally we added a few pecans and they gave the breakfast bars an additional punch of protein. We love craisins (dried cranberries) and usually add those, too.

    close up of breakfast bar

    OTHER INGREDIENTS YOU COULD ADD TO THIS BREAKFAST BAR RECIPE:

    • Seeds of your choice, i.e. sunflower, chia, hemp, etc.
    • raisins, or other chewy dried fruit like pineapple or cherries
    • any type of nut you love such as walnuts, almonds or pecans
    • chocolate chips or butterscotch chips
    • coconut

    Healthy-ish Breakfast Bars

    If you do add the sweet chips like chocolate or butterscotch you’re going to start veering away from the healthy version. But otherwise this breakfast bar recipe is packed with just pure, natural ingredients.

    They’re hearty enough to fill you up and really all you need to make a reasonably healthy breakfast is a cup of yogurt or a glass of milk.

    line of breakfast bars

    We typically don’t include nutrition information with our recipes because the ingredients and portion sizes can vary so widely. But, in this case we did do a rough calorie count. If cut into 12 bars each of them will have approximately 190 calories. Not bad!

    Tips for this breakfast bar recipe:

    TIP NO. 1
    Line the baking pan with parchment paper going in two directions. This will make them easy to lift out of the pan and onto a board for cutting. Bonus is the easy clean up!

    breakfast bars in pan with parchment

    TIP NO. 2
    Lightly oil your fingers before pressing the batter down in the pan. You may even have to go back and oil them a second time – just enough to keep your fingers from sticking.

    Breakfast Bar Recipe with Peanut Butter

    Breakfast Bars with Peanut Butter & Oatmeal are easy to make, hearty and delicious.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup rolled oats
    • ¼ cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • 3 Tablespoons oil canola, coconut, etc
    • 2 eggs
    • ⅓ cup honey
    • ⅔ cup peanut butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla

    Instructions
     

    • line a 9 x 9 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
    • Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl.
    • Mix oil, eggs, honey, peanut butter and vanilla in medium bowl, whisking until smooth.
    • Add dry ingredients to medium bowl and blend thoroughly.
    • Add any additional ingredients, such as nuts or fruit and blend thoroughly.
    • Pour into baking pan and pat down with oiled fingers getting the batter into the corners and evenly spread.
    • Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. If desired, 2 additional teaspoons of oats can be sprinkled on top about halfway through baking time.
    • When completely cool move with parchment paper to cutting board and cut into desired number of bars.
    • Store tightly sealed in refrigerator. Bars can be frozen.

    Notes

    Additional ingredients may be added up to a total of ⅔ cup:
    • nuts of any type
    • seeds of any type
    • dried fruit that is chewey, i.e. cranberries, cherries, dates, etc.
    • coconut
    • sweet candy bits like chocolate, butterscotch, etc.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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    1. Dannii says

      January 05, 2021 at 12:15 pm

      5 stars
      These would be great for breakfast on the go. I can’t wait to give them a try.

      Reply
      • Pam says

        January 05, 2021 at 12:34 pm

        Hope you love them like we do. Thanks, Dannii!

        Reply
    2. Helen says

      January 05, 2021 at 12:26 pm

      5 stars
      These look terrific. I think my daughter would love one of these bars to start the day.

      Reply
      • Pam says

        January 05, 2021 at 12:35 pm

        They’re so simple to make too!

        Reply
    3. Mirlene says

      January 05, 2021 at 12:40 pm

      5 stars
      These bars are perfect for when working from home. Easy to make and addictive.

      Reply
      • Pam says

        January 05, 2021 at 4:57 pm

        Agreed! Thank you, Mirlene.

        Reply
    4. Danielle Wolter says

      January 05, 2021 at 1:40 pm

      5 stars
      What a great easy recipe for breakfast! I love all things peanut butter and can’t wait to make these!

      Reply
      • Pam says

        January 05, 2021 at 4:56 pm

        We do too. Thanks, Danielle!

        Reply
    5. Victoria says

      January 05, 2021 at 2:21 pm

      5 stars
      These were so easy to make and my whole family loves them including my toddler!

      Thank you for this recipe!

      Reply
      • Pam says

        January 05, 2021 at 4:56 pm

        So happy to hear that. Thanks, Victoria!

        Reply
    6. Linda says

      January 21, 2022 at 7:39 pm

      These breakfast bars look really, however there are no nutrition facts for this recipe. For a person that has to watch the amount of sugar or potassium they intake it would be helpful. I have recently been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and also watch my sugar. With the info not there can you suggest a website that I could use to do a nutrition facts breakdown.
      Thanks

      Reply
      • Pam says

        January 22, 2022 at 12:03 pm

        Hi Linda, We are in the process of adding nutrition info to all of our recipes, but haven’t made it to this one yet. It should be done soon, but in the meantime you can go to whisk.com or verywellfit.com and get those calculations.

        Reply
        • Linda says

          January 22, 2022 at 1:27 pm

          Thank you so much for giving me the two different sites for getting nutrition info for recipes. I have a lot of older recipes I need to do nutrition info on. Again, Thanks.

          Reply

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