Easy oat bar

This is a cross between a muesli bar, a cookie and a slice

Many children enjoy muesli bars, but home-made always beats store bought (if you have time)

It’s simple, flexible and keeps and travels well

Recipe – Easy oat bar *

(Test recipe size)
½ cup flour
½ cup oats (rolled rather than quick for texture if you have them)
¼ cup dessicated coconut (great fibre)
1/6 cup sugar (use more to taste)
½ tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
¼ cup melted butter
1 small egg
½ tsp vanilla
½ cup additions (I used raisins, currants and choc chips – any nuts, seeds or dried fruit work)

Method

Heat oven to 180°
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl
Beat together wet in a separate bowl
Combine the two
Grease a baking dish
Press the mixture firmly into the dish
Bake approx 25 mins until golden
Allow to cool for 15 mins before cutting into bars

*with thanks to Sweetest Mum for recipe inspiration

Judith, MA Cantab (Cambridge University), MSc Psychology (first-class honours), is working on a PhD, an AOTA accredited picky eating advisor and internationally certified nutritional therapist. She works with 100+ families every year resolving fussy eating and returning pleasure and joy to the meal table.

She is also mum to two boys and the author of Creating Confident Eaters and Winner Winner I Eat Dinner. Her dream is that every child can approach food from a place of safety and joy, not fear.

Learn more about Judith here: https://theconfidenteater.com/about/