Lemon Oat Bars Recipes

HEALTHY LEMON CHIA OAT BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray miniature loaf pans with cooking spray.
• Mix oats and salt together in a bowl. Pour 1 cup boiling water over oats and stir until oats are evenly moistened.
• Stir 1/4 cup water and chia seeds together in a bowl until seeds start to gelatinize, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir honey, canola oil, agave nectar, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and lemon zest into oat mixture. Stir chia seed mixture into oat mixture. Beat oat-chia seed mixture using an electric mixer on low until batter is well combined. Spread batter into the prepared loaf pans, pressing with a spatula to evenly distribute.
• Bake in the preheated oven until sides are slightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack, 3 to 5 minutes; cut into slices.

OATMEAL-LEMON CRèME BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, cut butter into cookie mix, using fork or pastry blender. Stir in egg until mixture is crumbly. Press half of cookie mixture into bottom of pan; bake 15 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir condensed milk, lemon peel and lemon juice until thick. Spread over baked crust. Crumble remaining cookie mixture over top. Bake about 25 minutes longer or until light golden brown. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until set. For bars, cut into 5 rows by 5 rows. Store covered in refrigerator.

LEMON OATMEAL BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
• Mix brown sugar and butter in a large bowl until combined. Mix flour, oats, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture and mix until combined. Press half of the oat mixture in the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• While crust is baking, mix condensed milk, lemon juice, lemon extract, and almond extract in a small bowl.
• Pour lemon mixture over the baked crust and spread evenly. Top with remaining oat mixture and gently pat into lemon mixture.
• Return to the oven and bake until filling has set and top crust is golden brown, about 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes. Place in the refrigerator until chilled, about 2 hours. Cut into 16 bars.

LEMON OATMEAL CRUMBLE SQUARE

Steps:

• Cream together butter and brown sugar.
• Add flour, baking powder, salt and rolled oats.
• Mix until crumbly.
• Press half the mixture into lightly greased 9" square pan.
• Combine lemon zest, juice and condensed milk and pour over crust.
• Sprinkle remaining crust mixture over top.
• Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until the edges are slightly browned.
• Chill before serving.
• Freezes well.

OATMEAL LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 13x9 pan and set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar. Slowly add flour until incorporated. Slowly add oats and blend until crumbly. Press 3/4 of mixture into the bottom of the pan to form bottom crust. Reserve remaining dough.
• The juice of 3 lemons--the recipe I used wasn't more specific on the measurement so
• if your lemons aren't very juicy please squeeze 1 or 2 more. Too little lemon juice just produces very very bland lemon bars.
• Make sure the zest is finely grated or finely chopped. Blend condensed milk, zests and juice until smooth. Pour over crust and spread to the edges of the crust.
• Crumble the reserved dough over the top.
• Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes or until crust crumbles are lightly golden. Cool completely, at least 1 hour before cutting.
• Store in an airtight container.
• I wish I could tell you how long they keep but that has never come up since they disappear so quickly!

LEMON OAT BARS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, oats, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly. Press 3 cups into a greased 9-in. square baking pan; set remaining oat mixture aside. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. , In a small bowl, combine the milk, lemon juice and zest. Pour over crust. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until edges are brown. Cool on a wire rack.

CREAMY LEMON CRUMB BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray an 8x8 baking pan with baking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl add flour, oats, salt and baking soda.
• Mix in the sugar and light brown sugar.
• Add the vanilla and melted better together and mix it into the dry ingredients.
• Press half the mixture into the bottom of your baking pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• While the crust is baking, mix together the condensed milk, lemon zest, lemon juice, and egg yolks.
• Add it to the baking pan once it is done baking and dot the top of the filling with the remaining crumble evenly.
• Bake for an additional 20-22 minutes.
• Let cool completely, then refrigerate.
• The bars slice better cold. If you want to slice perfectly you can also freeze it so the filling doesn't ooze at all while cutting.
• If you want to take this over the top you can also freeze the bars then cut and dip the bottom half in some melted white chocolate.
• Put the bars onto a wax paper lined cookie sheet and keep refrigerated.

SARAH'S POST-WORKOUT LEMON POPPY SEED BARS

Steps:

• Whisk together the oat flour, protein powder, poppy seeds and kosher salt. Add the cashew butter, honey, coconut oil and lemon extract. Use your hands to mix it all together. It will be dry at first but will come together. You want the batter to be thick and firm.
• Spray an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Line with a sheet of parchment paper with ends that extend about 2 inches over two sides of the pan. Press the dough down firmly with your hands into an even layer. Top with the chocolate chips and flaky sea salt and gently press into the dough. Chill in the fridge for 2 hours. Then cut into desired-size bars. Store in the fridge.