Nut-free Oat Bars Your Toddler Will LOVE

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Written By Kelsey Benner

My son has a peanut allergy and so I am always on the hunt for recipes for him. Anyone else?! I enjoy baking and a lot of the time I’d bake with peanut butter, but since we’ve brought him into the world - that has changed.

So I found a recipe on Pinterest that I was inspired by, but I tweaked it quite a bit and decided to create and add it to my own recipe box for Oliver.

It literally takes 5 minutes to whip together and then 25-minutes-ish to bake.

Simple and delicious!

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 1/2 cup flour

  • 1 1/2 cup rolled oats

  • 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted 

  • 1/4 c granulated sugar

  • 1/3 c maple syrup 

  • 1 egg

  • 1 cup mini Enjoy Life chocolate chips (1/2 goes into mixture, other have melted for drizzle topping) 

  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 1 tbsp baking powder 

DIRECTIONS

Combine sugar and coconut oil then add in oats, vanilla extract, egg, baking powder, salt and maple syrup. Once combined, add flour and then add in 1/2 of chocolate chips. 

Butter your baking dish. Add in mixture and press down with rubber spatula until it’s even and smooth.

Bake 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

While it’s baking, melt chocolate. I use a melting bowl and if you want you can add ingredients to it, but I just did chocolate chips;) 

Let cool then top with chocolate drizzle and enjoy!

Let me know if you try it! XOXO

Kelsey Benner
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