Oatmeal Breakfast Bar

Total Time: 24 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 3/4 cups steel cut oats
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 1/2 cups whole milk buttermilk
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup coconut oil, virgin unrefined
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 cup diced dried fruit

Recipe

• 1 grind 1 1/4 cup of the steel cut oats until they are finer - even better if they are more flour like. mix the ground oats with the remaining 1/2 cup oats, the flour, and the buttermilk. allow to soak for 12-24 hours.
• 2 mix in the remaining ingredients - a stand mixer works well.
• 3 spread the dough onto the bottom of an ungreased 13 x 9-inch pan.
• 4 bake for 30-35 minutes or until light golden brown.
• 5 cool completely on wire rack. cut into bars. store tightly covered.