Peanut butter is actually a great source of protein, helps promote immune function, gives you a concentrated source of energy and fiber and a dose of Vitamins E and B-3. The only downside to peanut butter is that so many brands load it up with sugar, so opt for the all natural, no sugar added brands and then of course, moderating the serving size is always beneficial (says me who has been known to eat peanut butter off a spoon!).
Most of my peanut butter as a child came in the form of a peanut butter sandwich (made by my mother who really honestly hates peanut butter. A testament to her love?). As an adult, peanut butter now mostly appears at breakfast on a piece of toast and I think most adults probably find that breakfast is their peanut butter time. So these peanut butter breakfast bars will fit in perfectly with adults or children. Great for kids who love peanut butter any time of the day, and great for adults who can make these ahead and just grab a bar as they walk out the door.
These peanut butter breakfast bars have apple grated in for added moisture and sugar. They also include coconut sugar, which might be new to you. Coconut sugar is a natural amber-colored sugar made from coconut palm sap. It is honestly only marginally better for you than refined sugar, but it is nice to use a natural sweetener instead of refined sugar which really has no benefits at all. You can use brown sugar if like, but if you can find coconut sugar, why not give it a try? Coconut sugar tastes quite delicious and the bars do too!
I’m like your mother do not like peanut butter at all but would make bars for my children and grandchildren
When you leave a recipe could you include nutritional info. Thank you.
Hi Carol. We are adding nutritional info as quickly as we can to all the recipes on the website – hope to have them all complete in the next week or so. All new recipes will have nutritional info. You’ll know which recipes have the nutritional info calculated because there will be a little box next to “Print Recipe” that says “Nutrition Info”. Click on that and it will pop up. It will also be on the printed version of the recipe should you choose to print it.
Can I use AP flour?
You can use AP flour, Shirley, but it will have less protein and you might need to play with the amounts so that the consistency is right.
Could I use applesauce in place if the apple?
You might be able to use apple sauce, Donna, but the mixture will be quite a bit wetter. If you wanted to use apple sauce, I would increase the amount of oats and whole wheat flour until the mixture is manageable.
If I tried these with almond butter do you think I should alter the amount of the almond butter given that it is generally thicker than peanut butter? Thank you for all your great recipes.
I think you could probably use the same amount of almond butter. It will be a little thicker, but that might work well. Good luck and let me know how it goes.
This looks very good. Can this be made Gluten Free by substituting a Gluten Free Flour for the wheat flour?
This recipe has not been tested with gluten free flour. If you have had success with baking with gluten free flour in other recipes, you should be able to use it here.
Yummy breakfast bar treats!!! No need to buy bars anymore now that I have this recipe!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!!