This oatmeal bars recipe is a perfect meal prep breakfast! Easy to make in one bowl, the bars are soft, chewy, and filled with walnuts and dried fruit.Jeanine Donofrio Phoebe MoorePublished Aug 18, 2026 Jump to recipe On busy mornings, I love having a stash of these oatmeal bars on hand.They’re a perfect grab-and-go breakfast, packed with hearty oats, walnuts, dried cranberries, and eggs to hold them together.

They have a delicious soft-baked texture, and brown sugar and cinnamon fill them with sweet, spiced flavor.With two kiddos in the house, I rarely have time to make actual oatmeal on a weekday, but lucky for me, these oatmeal breakfast bars are even better!I adapted this oatmeal bars recipe from my baked oatmeal.When I started working on them, my goal was for them to have one key difference from the baked oatmeal recipe: I wanted them to be cohesive enough to eat by hand.

It took four tests to get there, but I couldn’t be happier with the results.These oatmeal breakfast bars are chewy, flavorful, and easy to make in one bowl.And best of all, they keep in the fridge for the better part of a week.If you need meal prep breakfast ideas for back-to-school season, these yummy bars are for you! Oatmeal Bars IngredientsHere’s what you’ll need to make this oatmeal bars recipe: Whole rolled oats, of course! Also called old fashioned rolled oats, they make up the base of these bars.

Be sure to use certified gluten-free oats if you need the bars to be gluten-

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