Name: Better for You Cereal Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup old-fashioned oats; I cup all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 2 tablespoons honey; 3/4 cup organic strawberry preserves; 6 tablespoons cold butter, grated; 2 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 tablespoons vanilla Greek yogurt; buttermilk for brushing

I love me some Nutrigrain Bars… the apple cinnamon and the strawberry are my favorite. I don’t love the added ingredients and honestly the price. My five kids can demolish a box in an afternoon. So I have started a snack series. I will be making our favored snacks in the best way I can.

Nutrigrain bars always seem to hit the spot. On the go or served with yogurt and fruit they are simply delicious! The baking skill level was very beginner-friendly. My kids gave these a 9/10. They said they weren’t exactly as soft as real Nutrigrain bars. I felt they were soft but that that assessment was true. They were slightly more stiff, but the flavor was far superior.

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Better for You Cereal Bars

Author: Erin

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: 13 minutesRest time: 15 minutesTotal time: 50 minutesServings:8 servingsCalories: kcal Best Season:Suitable throughout the year

Description

Nutrigrain copy-copy cat cereal bars with a textured oatmeal crust and strawberry jelly filling.

Ingredients

3/4 cup old-fashioned oats
I cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons honey
3/4 cup organic strawberry preserves
6 tablespoons cold butter, grated
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons vanilla Greek yogurt
buttermilk for brushing

Instructions

Mix your flour, oats, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Grate your butter and coat it with the flour mixture.
Add egg yolks, yogurt, honey, and vanilla. Mix until a dough forms.
On a well-floured surface roll out the dough and cut it into 4 by 4.5″ squares.
Add jam while leaving a 1/4″ edge. Fold in half and press tightly to close all around the edges. Place each on a lined baking tray and pop it into the freezer for 15 min.
Preheat oven 350 degrees while it is in the freezer. Once chilled bake for 15-20 min. Let completely cool before eating!

Notes

Video example on instagram.

The only semi-annoying part of the recipe is freezing the dough for 15 minutes. I don’t know why chilling the dough always makes me sigh, but it does. It is only 15 minutes though. It makes it easier to roll out and keep that butter from getting too soft which would expand the cereal bars too much. Ever make cookies and they get too flat and thin connecting to the other cookies on the baking sheet? It’s your butter. Your butter is too warm when added. This took me too many times of skinny flat cookies to figure out!

Anyway, these flew off the counter and I didn’t get to save any but I’d imagine they’d keep for a few days in plastic wrap. I hope you enjoy them!