Healthy Oat Bites (Bobo's Copycat Recipe)

Healthy Oat Bites (Bobo's Copycat Recipe)

These strawberry-filled oat bites are a wholesome, gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free snack inspired by Bobo’s oatcakes. Made with simple ingredients like oats, maple syrup, and a strawberry jam filling, they’re perfect for meal prep, lunchboxes, or a healthy on-the-go breakfast.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Low Lactose, Vegan

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 18

Total Time 33

Servings

Calories 285kcal

Author Tessa

Ingredients

2 cups gluten-free rolled oats
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon optional, but recommended
⅓ cup maple syrup or honey (if not vegan)
¼ cup avocado oil or melted coconut oil
2 tablespoons almond butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 teaspoons strawberry jam

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease 6 muffin cups of a nonstick muffin tin.
Add the gluten-free rolled oats, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, maple syrup, avocado oil, almond butter, and vanilla extract in the bowl of a food processor. Process on low to medium until you have smaller pieces of oats and a thick dough forms.
Put half of the oat mixture into the bottoms of 6 muffin cups (about 2 tablespoons per muffin cup), so that it fills the bottom completely. The dough will be sticky; put some cooking spray or lightly wet your fingers to help with the stickiness.
Make a slight indention with the back of a teaspoon in the middle of each cup. Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the strawberry filling onto the center indention of each base leaving room around the edges.
Divide the remaining oat mixture and place on top of each muffin cup, pressing down gently to seal the edges.
Bake for 16-18 minutes. Allow cups to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing and transferring to a wire cooling rack. Use a knife to help loosen the edges of the cups.

Notes

Due to the sticky ingredients, this dough will be sticky. When assembling the oat bites, it helps to put a little cooking spray or oil on your fingertips.

The oat bites are baked when the edges start to turn a golden brown and the middle will be a lighter color. If in doubt, check for doneness with a toothpick where it should be mostly clean.

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