This blueberry jam oatmeal bars recipe is a delicious, easy-to-make treat perfect for a quick breakfast, snack, or healthy dessert. These bars add whole grains, protein, and the right amount of sweetness from your favorite blueberry jam. They’re also gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg free! Bonus!
Why you should make blueberry jam oatmeal bars
- They’re a healthy snack or breakfast option. Topped with plain greek yogurt and sliced, toasted almonds is *chef’s kiss*.
- It would taste great as a dessert with a scoop of your favorite ice cream.
- Soft texture with a bit of crunch from added nuts. You can use toasted almonds, pecans, walnuts or even pistachios.
- Gluten-free recipe, so you can choose whichever wheat flour alternative you like.
- Easy to customize. You can use any flavor jam, like strawberry or lingonberry. You can also use any alternative flour, such as cassava or coconut flour, but I recommend keeping the almond flour.
- They freeze well, tightly wrapped in an air-tight container for up to 3 months.
Essential ingredients
- Old-fashioned rolled oats. Use gluten-free if you want gluten-free oatmeal bars.
- Almond flour adds a delicious nutty flavor and soft texture to the blueberry jam oatmeal bars.
- Almond butter: Used to bind all the ingredients together. It also helps that it tastes delicious and is another almond layer of yum.
- Brown Sugar: You can use all brown sugar or a combination of brown and granulated sugar.
- Honey: Adds a warming sweetness. Golden syrup is also a great option!
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Blueberry Jam: If you don’t have blueberry jam, you can substitute any flavor you like. Use what tastes good to you. These are your jam bars!
How to make blueberry jam oatmeal bars
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF, prepare your baking dish, and make the jam filling, then set aside.
- Combine the oats, almond flour, and coconut flour in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the coconut oil, almond butter, and honey. Place in the microwave for 30 seconds to melt the coconut oil if it’s still solid, then stir thoroughly.
- Add the sugar, cinnamon, almond and vanilla extracts, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to the coconut oil mixture. Stir well.
- Add the dry ingredients and thoroughly combine until there is no dry flour remaining.
- Set aside 1/4 to 1/3 of the dough and press in the remaining dough into the bottom of your prepared baking sheet. Spread evenly with the jam filling, then crumble the remaining dough on top.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes, let cool completely, and enjoy!
Blueberry Jam Oatmeal Bars
Blueberry jam oatmeal bars are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that is perfect for a quick breakfast, snack, or healthy dessert. These bars add whole grains, protein, and the right amount of sweetness from your favorite blueberry jam.
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- medium mixing bowl
- small mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- kitchen scale
Ingredients
- 1½ cups (150g) old fashioned oats
- 1 cup (120g) almond or hazelnut flour
- 1 cup (120g) coconut flour
- ½ cup (113g) coconut oil
- ⅓ cup (85g) almond butter
- 2 tbsp honey
- 4-5 tbsp (60-70g) light or dark brown sugar to taste
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Jam Filling
- ¾ - 1 cup (300g) blueberry jam
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- pinch salt
Instructions
Jam Filling
- In a small bowl, add the blueberry jam, lemon juice and salt. Stir together then set aside.
Dough
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 9"x13" rectangle or 9"x9" square baking pan with a parchment sling.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add the old fashioned oats, almond flour, and coconut flour. Mix until combined and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add coconut oil, almond butter, and honey and microwave for 15 seconds to melt the coconut oil, if needed. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Next, add the brown sugar, cinnamon, almond and vanilla extracts to the coconut oil mixture and thoroughly mix. Then add the baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix again.
- Add the dry ingredients to the coconut oil mixture, and using a wooden spoon, stir to combine until there is no dry flour remaining. Mixture should stay clumped together if you squeeze it together.
- Press half to two-thirds of the mixture into the bottom of your prepared baking dish. Evenly spread the jam filling on top, then crumble the remaining dough on top.
- Place into the oven, and let bake for 30-35 minutes. The edges will turn golden brown and the jam filling will bubble. Place on a wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Enjoy!
Notes
- Storage: These blueberry jam oatmeal bars can be stored on the counter in an air-tight container for 2-3 days. For longer storage, place in the refrigerator for up to 7 days or well-wrapped in the freezer for three months.
- Oats: To make this recipe gluten-free, use certified gluten-free rolled oats.
- Nut free: To make this without nuts, substitute the almond butter for sunflower seed butter, but omit the baking soda as it will turn the sunflower seed butter green. Here's a great article that talks about why this happens. Also, use oat flour, cassava flour or coconut flour instead of the almond flour.
- Honey: If you want to make this completely vegan, use maple or date syrup. Golden syrup would also taste wonderful.
- Blueberry jam: You can use any jam you have on hand, like strawberry or raspberry. My all-time favorite is cherry.
Can I substitute Grapeseed oil for coconut oil?
Hi Ingrid! Good question. I would not use grape seed oil, or other oils that are liquid at room temperature, in this recipe. If your dietary needs permit, you can use butter since it remains solid at room temp. Let me know how it turns out. Happy baking!
Tried this recipe and it turned out great. Didn’t have almond essence so I substituted with 3 drops of Fiori de Sicilia. I also added 1/4 tsp of ground ginger because I am a lover of all things ginger.