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Baked oatmeal recipes are always a delicious breakfast option. If you’re fond of baked oatmeal you’re really going to love this gingerbread baked oatmeal bars recipe. They’re sweet and tasty and boast the warming spice flavor of gingerbread along with maple syrup and date sweetness. These versatile baked oatmeal gingerbread bars make a great snack or part of brunch. They’re filling and sweet, and keep you full until your next meal.
Enjoy a baked gingerbread oatmeal bar as part of a meal or as a snack. These wholesome bars are made with natural ingredients to satisfy your hunger and give you energy.
If you’re a fan of oat bars, you might also like to try no-bake granola bars or these cherry oat bars. And these strawberry oat bars and lemon poppyseed loaf are great too!
Why You’ll Love Them
Tasty: With flavorful ingredients like rolled oats, spices, pumpkin puree, and more, these oatmeal bars are full of amazing flavors and should appeal to everyone in the family. So you might want to make an extra batch of these gingerbread baked oats treats if you want to bake more wholesome recipes.
Simple: There’s no need to buy baked oatmeal bars from the coffee shop or grocery store when it’s this simple to make your own gingerbread baked oat bars. You just need to combine the baked oatmeal bar ingredients, bake the mixture and cut into servings.
Portable: These breakfast bars are ideal for a snack on the move, so take a couple with you to work or wherever you’re heading and you can enjoy them whenever you feel hungry.
Ingredients for Christmas Baked Oatmeal Bars
This oatmeal bar recipe calls for rolled oats, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, black pepper, cloves, allspice, sugar, salt, cardamon, and eggs. You also need oat milk pumpkin puree, dates, molasses, maple syrup, and vanilla extract.
How to Make Oatmeal Breakfast Bars
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Mix the dry ingredients: Put the dry ingredients in a blender or Vitamix and blend until finely ground.
Combine the wet ingredients: Blend the wet ingredients together, then mix with the ground dry ingredients, mixing in some more oats.
Bake the oatmeal breakfast bars: Pour the oatmeal mixture into a greased baking dish and bake in a preheated oven until done.
The finishing touches: Let the baked oatmeal recipe cool and then cut into squares and serve.
Substitutions and Variations
Get as creative as you like with these better-for-you breakfast bars, adding anything you want from chocolate chips, dried fruit, or shredded coconut to chopped nuts such as pecans or peanuts.
You can sub almond milk or soy milk for the oat milk, or use dairy milk if you prefer. Throw in anything else you want like almond flour or almond butter, white or dark chocolate chips or even some cranberries if you’re planning to serve this as a festive holiday breakfast.
How to Serve Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal Bars
Enjoy one (or two!) of the bars for brunch or as a snack, paired with your favorite drink. This health snack is portable so some people like to keep one in their drawer at work or in the car in case they get hungry while stuck in traffic!
If you love to make homemade bars, you might also be interested in making others such as Starbucks cherry oat bars or chocolate coconut bars.
How to Store Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal Bars
Store: Keep the bars in an airtight container and eat within a few days.
Freeze: To freeze, wrap individually in foil and then freeze in an airtight container or freezer-safe Ziploc bag.
Thaw: Let the gingerbread baked oatmeal bars thaw overnight in the fridge and then warm (if liked) in the microwave, removing the foil first!
Baked Oatmeal FAQs
You will want the dates to blend smoothly into the gingerbread baked oatmeal mixture and, for this reason, it’s best to soak them in warm water for 15 minutes or so before adding them to the oatmeal mixture.
Either way is good. If you want to reheat them, microwave them to bring out those wonderful warm spicy flavors. If not, they’re just as tasty served cold.
Gingerbread Oat Bars Recipe
Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal Bars
Ingredients
- butter, or baking spray
- 2 2/3 Cups dry quick oats, divided into 2 cups and 2/3 cups
- 4 Teaspoons cinnamon powder
- 2 Teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 Teaspoon baking powder
- ½ Teaspoon black pepper
- 1 Teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 Teaspoon allspice
- ¼ Cup coconut sugar, or brown sugar
- 1 Teaspoon salt
- 1 Pinch cardamom
- 4 eggs
- 1 Cup oat milk
- 7.5 Ounces pumpkin puree, 1/2 of a 15 ounce can
- 4 medjool dates, soaked
- 2 Tablespoons molasses
- ½ Cup maple syrup
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease a baking dish with butter or baking spray. You can use an 8×8-inch square baking dish for thicker bars or a 9×13-inch dish for thinner bars. The 8×8-inch square dish is recommended.
- In a Vitamix or high-powered blender, combine 2 cups dry, quick oats, cinnamon, ground ginger, baking powder, black pepper, ground cloves, allspice, coconut or brown sugar, salt and a pinch of cardamom. Blend until the mixture is finely ground and well combined.
- Pour the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and then blend the eggs, oat milk, pumpkin puree, soaked Medjool dates, molasses, maple syrup, and vanilla extract in the blender.
- Combine the dry and wet ingredients in the mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly until you have a smooth, evenly combined batter.
- Once batter is smooth, add the remaining 2/3 cups whole oats and gently fold them into the batter with a spatula. This gives a delightful texture to the bars.
- Pour the batter into the prepared, greased baking dish, spreading it out evenly.
- Place the baking dish in the preheated oven and bake for approximately 25 to 30 minutes, or until the bars are set and the top is golden brown.
- Allow the baked gingerbread oatmeal bars to cool in the pan for about 10 to 15 minutes. Then, cut them into squares.
- Serve your delicious baked gingerbread oatmeal bars warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition
Gingerbread baked oatmeal bars are so easy to make and they’re so much more delicious than anything you can buy from the store. Whether you make the recipe as it is or add your own touches such as melted coconut butter, chopped nuts, extra semi sweet chocolate chips, or even a mashed banana, everyone is sure to be impressed from their very first bite.
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Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
