USDA MEDIAN BERRY · 12.7 mm · 1.5 gFREE · NO SIGN-UP
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Soft Blueberry Breakfast Bars

Prep15 min
Cook35 min
Total50 min + cooling
Yield9×9 pan · 12 bars
DifficultyEasy

Ingredients

  • 2 cupsold-fashioned rolled oats
  • 1 cupwhole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cuplight brown sugar, packed
  • 1 tspbaking powder
  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tspfine salt
  • 1large egg
  • 1/2 cupmilk (any kind)
  • 1/3 cupmelted coconut oil or unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cupmaple syrup
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 2 cupsfresh blueberries≈ 198 median blueberries

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 9×9-inch pan with a parchment sling.
  2. Stir oats, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
  3. Whisk egg, milk, melted oil, maple syrup, and vanilla in a second bowl.
  4. Pour the wet into the dry and stir until evenly moistened. The mixture will be thick and scoopable, not pourable.
  5. Fold in the blueberries with a few strokes.
  6. Press into the pan in an even layer and smooth the top.
  7. Bake 32–35 minutes, until set and golden at the edges.
  8. Cool completely in the pan before lifting out and cutting into 12 bars.

Notes

  • Lower in sugar than a muffin and sturdy enough for a lunchbox. Keeps 5 days.
  • Wrap individually and freeze up to 3 months; thaw overnight.
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A 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberriesA 100-gram serving of blueberries contains roughly 160 mg of anthocyaninsLaid end-to-end at 12.7 mm apiece, it would take about 30 billion berries to reach the MoonThe world's largest blueberry weighed 16.2 grams — a Guinness record set in Australia in 2020Wild lowbush blueberries are about 40% smaller than cultivated highbush onesThe United States and Canada together produce roughly half of the world's cultivated blueberries