Raspberry Breakfast Bars / Healthy Breakfast Bars

       Don't have time to make morning breakfast ? Prepare this breakfast bars ahead of time and take your breakfast on the go. These easy to make raspberry bars are a perfect healthy snack and are packed with all nutrients. Here I used raspberries, you can use any berries like strawberry or blueberries or blackberries to make this breakfast bars. These bars also make a great trail snack.




   Ingredients

   Raspberry Filling

       3/4 Cup of Raspberries
       3 Tbsp of Sugar
       1 Tbsp of Corn Starch
       1 Tbsp of Lemon Juice

   Breakfast Bars

       3/4 Cup of Quick Cooking Oats or Multigrain Cereal
       1/4 cup Whole Wheat Flour
       1/4 cup Packed Brown Sugar
       2 Tbsp of Walnut Pieces
       1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
       3 Tbsp of Vegetable oil
       1 Tbsp of Ground Flax Seed

   Method 

     

   Raspberry Filling 

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• In a pan, add raspberries, sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Stir over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Simmer and stir it for 2 minutes until the sauce gets thick. Turn off the flame.

   Breakfast Bars

• In a blender or food processor, add oats, wheat flour, sugar, flax seed powder, walnuts and cinnamon. Grind it to a fine powder. Transfer this to a bowl, add oil to the mixture and mix it with spoon.

   Assembling the bars in a baking pan.   

• Take a baking pan, place half of the crumb mixture evenly on bottom of the pan.
• Spread raspberry filling evenly over crumbs. Again top it with remaining crumbs and pat down gently.
• Bake it for 25 minutes.
• Take out the pan from oven. Let it cool completely for 10 mins. Then cut into bars and serve.

   Tips

• If you don't have flax seed powder, add 1 egg instead.
• Add any nuts of your choice in place of walnuts.
• You can also try any fruits like blackberry or blueberry instead of raspberries.

         

    Health Benefits of Raspberries

• Helps to lose weight.
• Reduces cancer risk.
• Maintains the cardiovascular health.
• Enhances fertility.
• Slow aging process.
• Strengthens the immune system.